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29-96-391B

From: Japan | Buddhist Temple

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Ranma 欄間
Object Number 29-96-391B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan | Buddhist Temple
Period Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made Edo Period-19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Pigment | Gilding
Technique High Relief | Painted | Gilded
Iconography Dragon
Description

One of a pair of wooden ranmas from a Buddhist temple. Dragons in high relief. Painted and gilded. Narrow frame.

Length 162.5 cm
Width 53.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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