Shrine
| Object Number: | 29-156-10 |
|---|---|
| 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: | Lacquer Wood Brass Gilding |
| Technique: | Lacquered Chased Gilded |
| Iconography: | Crest Stupa Lotus Bud Figures |
| Height: | 15.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
Description
Small black lacquer portable shrine with chased brass trimmings. The gold lacquer designs on the exterior of this shrine are palonia leaves with three blossoms. A symbol of rectitude, it was an emblem used during the Tokugawa period (1600-1868 CE). Shaped as a stupa, this shrine is crowned by a lotus bud. It contains a brass Kannon, bodhisattva of compassion, accompanied by two guardian figures who wield vajras.
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 |
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