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Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8300, described as shrine, miniature type; black lacquer with gold interior with wood Senju (1,000 armed, 11-headed Kwannon figure), Amitabha in top of crown
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8302, described as shrine, miniature type; black and gold lacquer; wood 9-headed Kwannon figure holding padma in left hand
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8306, described as miniature shrine, gold lacquer; one set of doors on each side, painted guardian figure, one each door panel; metal shrine within on lotus pedestal containing holy glass bead; fine piece
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8301, described as shrine, miniature type; red lacquer exterior, gold interior; wood Kwannon figure, probably Jui-chi-mon, holding padma in left hand, rosary in right, staff in foreground
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8307, described as shrine, black lacquer with gold interior; fine; painted representation of a tantric Bodhisattva (with 9 pairs of arms) on a cloth over board backdrop (figure originally belonging to shrine is missing)
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8297, described as shrine, miniature type; black lacquer exterior, gold interior; rotund amida Buddha of metal within on crude pedestal (not original)
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8308, described as miniature shrine, black lacquer; 2 sets of doors; gold interior decorated with black; contains glass enclosure with glass bead enshrined within
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8294, described as shrine, miniature type; black lacquer on outside, gold on inside with multicolored bird on interior of each door; Sakyamuni figure, wood, standing on pedestal, hands in Vitarka mudra with mudra with spiked halo; enshrined image for personal use in household or travel
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8321, described as figurines; 3 miniature carved wood figures in elaborately carved setting, on gilted base with carved inset dragon in middle tier (originally within missing cabinet-shrine); perhaps Shinto figures
Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8295, described as shrine, miniature type; black lacquer exterior, gold within; 3 tiers of small Buddhist deities in carved wood, 7 images to a tier (21 total)

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