Figurine

Museum number:
9-8323a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21098323a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
figurine with base, backboard; a) figurine: seated wood Sakamuni Buddha shown preaching in Vitarka mudra; gilted skin areas, lacquer robes, originally gilted; height 22.3 cm.; b) lotus base, height 13.6 cm. with c) flame-shaped, carved and gilted backboard with scalloped edge, height 34.5 cm.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-8323a-c, described as figurine with base, backboard; a) figurine: seated wood Sakamuni Buddha shown preaching in Vitarka mudra; gilted skin areas, lacquer robes, originally gilted; height 22.3 cm.; b) lotus base, height 13.6 cm. with c) flame-shaped, carved and gilted backboard with scalloped edge, height 34.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-8323a-c, described as figurine with base, backboard; a) figurine: seated wood Sakamuni Buddha shown preaching in Vitarka mudra; gilted skin areas, lacquer robes, originally gilted; height 22.3 cm.; b) lotus base, height 13.6 cm. with c) flame-shaped, carved and gilted backboard with scalloped edge, height 34.5 cm.

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