Lantern
29-96-379B
From: Japan | Buddhist Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-96-379B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Buddhist | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Buddhist Temple |
| Period | Edo Period |
| Date Made | 1864 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze | Gilding |
| Technique | Gilded |
| Iconography | Turtles | Dog | Dragons |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language | Japanese Language |
| 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). |
| 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 |
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