Small Zushi (Portable Altar Box) of a Buddhist Deity (probably 11-Faced Kannon)

Small Zushi (Portable Altar Box) of a Buddhist Deity (probably 11-Faced Kannon)

1800-1894

personal shrines

bodhisattva; Kannon; Avalokitesvara

Small zushi (portable altar box) of a Buddhist deity, probably 11-Faced Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokitesvara). The deity's right hand is extended in the "welcome" (Varada) mudra. Its left hand is broken. Several faces appear on its head. The deity is framed in a flame-shaped aureole. The wall of the shrine behind the deity is painted gold. The exterior of the shrine is black; at its top is a ring.

Japan

wood (plant material)

2.5 x 1.5 x 6 inches

Turner, William Patillo (Purchaser) ; Candler, Warren Akin (Funder)

Oxford College Library (Oxford, Ga.)

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