Statue
29-96-303
From: Japan | Higashi Hongwanji | Buddhist Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-96-303 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Japan | Higashi Hongwanji | Buddhist Temple |
| Period | Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Edo Period - 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Gilded |
| Iconography | Seated Jizo | Sceptre | Jewel |
| Inscription Language | Sanskrit |
| Description | Bronze figure of seated Jizo. Gilded head and hands. Nimbus with Sanskrit characters. In his left hand is a priest's scepter (shakujo) with pendant rings; in his right hand is a jewel like a pomegranate. See 29-96-304 (pedestal) of panti-colored bronze. |
| Height | 177 cm |
| Width | 68 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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