Shrine
29-156-1
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-156-1 |
| 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 | Wood | Brass |
| Technique | Chased | Gilded | Painted |
| Iconography | Kannon |
| Description | Black lacquer portable shrine with chased brass trimmings. The interior of this shrine contains a painted wooden Kannon, bodhisattva of goodness and compassion, seated on an elaborate gold-painted lotus throne. |
| Height | 57.1 cm |
| Width | 30.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number | LE485 - Other Number |
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