Object Number | 29-156-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Buddhist | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain) |
Date Made | 18th Century - 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Lacquer | Wood | Brass |
Technique | Lacquered | Chased |
Iconography | 1,000 Armed Kannon | Kannon |
Description | Black lacquer shrine with chased brass trimmings. This slender oval shrine contains a 1000-armed Kannon, bodhisattva of compassion, standing on a lotus base. The ring on the top of the shrine is for suspending it from a belt. The interior is gilded. |
Height | 17.14 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
Other Number | LE489 - Other Number |
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