Shrine
| 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 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Wood Brass |
| Technique: | Chased Gilded Painted |
| Iconography: | Kannon |
| Height: | 57.1 cm |
| Width: | 30.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number: | LE485 - Other Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Buddhist Asia (21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Loan Exhibition - Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies, and Charms and Implements For Divination (16 Apr 1892) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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