Statue
Object Number:
29-96-327
Current Location:
Japan Gallery
Culture:
Japanese
Buddhist
Provenience:
Japan
Buddhist Temple
Period:
Edo Period (uncertain)
Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made:
19Th Century
Early Date:
1800
Late Date:
1899
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Wood
Gilt
Pigment
Technique:
Carved
Painted
Gilded
Iconography:
Elephant
Description:
Carved wood elephant. Standing figure with trunk lowered. Painted white with multi-colored ornaments and saddle. Base for elephant is 29-96-328d. Elephant supports lotus base(29-96-328a and b) for Monju image(29-996-326).
Height:
60.5cm
Width:
107.5cm
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Collection of Japanese Buddhist Art (1899)
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Lyons, Elizabeth and Heather Peters, Chang Ch'eng-mei, Gregory Possehl. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition. : Page/Fig./Plate: 9,10
[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1904. Monograph of the Buddhist Temple in the Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 1-47. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 12, Plate opposite p. 17
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