Statue

Object Number:

29-96-334

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Japanese
Buddhist

Provenience:

Japan

Date Made:

Nara Period - 19th Century

Early Date:

645

Late Date:

1899

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Wood
Pigment

Technique:

Carved
Painted

Iconography:

Komokuten?
Shitenno

Description:

Carved wood painted standing guardian figure of Shitenno, one of the four guardian kings, possibly Zochoten, Guardian King of the South. Wears armor with sash around waist. Details delicately painted in multicolors and gold. Hair bound up on top of head. Face has ferocious look. Right hand raised. May have originally held lance. Tip of finger broken and missing. Left hand at hip. Stands on hilly base.

Height:

87cm

Width:

46cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904