Lantern

Object Number: | 29-96-379B |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Buddhist Japanese |
Provenience: | Japan Buddhist Temple |
Period: | Edo Period |
Date Made: | 1864 |
Early Date: | 1864 |
Late Date: | 1864 |
Section: | Asian |
Materials: | Bronze Gilding |
Technique: | Gilded |
Iconography: | Turtles Dog Dragons |
Inscription Language: | Japanese Language |
Height: | 477.5 cm |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number: | CG2000-1-106 (finial) - Found in Collection Number CG2000-1-108A (lantern door) - Found in Collection Number |
Description
One of two bronze lanterns. Elaborate, gilded, raised decorations of turtles, dogs, dragons and lettering, 6 curved supports for hanging bells (one broken), emblem on top (one broken).
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