Statue

29-96-332

From: Japan | Buddhist Temple

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-96-332
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan | Buddhist Temple
Period Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made Edo Period-19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Pigment | Lacquer | Gilding
Technique Painted | Lacquered | Gilded
Iconography Rakan | Luohan | Goko | Vajra
Description

Wooden figure of seated rakan (Chinese: luohan). Painted black and white, lacquered head, gilded goko (Sanskrit: vajra) in arms. Designed to sit in chair (29-96-333).

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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