Statue Fragment

C405H

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C405H
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese | Buddhist
Provenience China
Period Yuan Dynasty
Date Made Yuan Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Lacquer | Textile
Description

Block of wood. One side with lacquer over textile. This panel comes from the bottom of the dry lacquer Buddha statue, C405A, which orignally contained various Buddhist texts, bags of perfumed ashes, and a small parcel containing the five organs made in silver. The ashes and silver organs are no longer present.

Credit Line Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1923
Other Number TR 15114/1 - Other Number

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