Statue

Object Number:

29-96-329

Current Location:

Japan Gallery

Culture:

Japanese
Buddhist

Provenience:

Japan

Period:

Edo Period (uncertain)
Meiji Period (uncertain)

Date Made:

19Th Century

Early Date:

1800

Late Date:

1899

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Wood
Gilt
Metal
Turquoise (uncertain)
Coral (uncertain)

Technique:

Carved
Gilded

Iconography:

Monju

Description:

Figure of Monju(Japanese), or Manjusri(Sanskrit). Carved gilded wood image wearing monk's robes. Wearing gilded metal openwork crown and necklace with dangles and turquoise and coral beads. Seated in vajrasana, with bottoms of feet facing upward. Right hand lowered with sword pointing up. Left hand raised to chest level holding scroll. Mandorla is 29-96-331c. Lotus base(29-96-331 a and b) is on the back of a lion(29-96-330) which stands on a base(29-96-331d).

Height:

57cm

Width:

38cm

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: 12

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