Statue
Object Number:
29-96-306
Current Location:
Japan Gallery
Culture:
Japanese
Buddhist
Provenience:
Japan
Koyasan Temple
Period:
Edo Period (uncertain)
Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made:
19Th Century
Early Date:
1800
Late Date:
1899
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Wood
Gesso
Polychrome
Technique:
Painted
Iconography:
Seitaka
Description:
Wooden figure of standing Seitaka (originally identified as Kongara), hand as if on staff; painted red; staff missing; detachable stand at feet.
Height:
6.1cm
Width:
45.5cm
Depth:
26cm
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Bibliography:
[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: pp. 11, 33, 34
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