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29-96-382

From: Japan | Nara | Buddhist Temple

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Ranma 欄間
Object Number 29-96-382
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan | Nara | Buddhist Temple
Date Made Meiji-19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Iconography Tennin | Karyobinga | Drum
Description

Wooden ranma. Represents a winged tennin in clouds called a karyobinga (迦陵頻伽). She is represented with a Ko (drum) on her side and sticks in her hands.

Length 150 cm
Width 81.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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