Shrine

29-156-2

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-156-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Buddhist | Japanese
Provenience Japan
Period Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made Edo Period - 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Brass | Lacquer
Technique Chased | Painted
Iconography Juntei Kannon | Sage | Ducks | Waves
Description

Black lacquer shrine. With chased brass trimmings. Gold interior with seated, many armed Juntei Kannon with two Chinese sages holding up the lotus on which she is seated. Ducks and waves below. Red and green. Front edge of roof injured.

Height 31.8 cm
Width 25.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916

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