Shrine with figure of Kannon Basatsu (KuanYin)

Made:
1851-1900 in Japan
Carved wooden figure of Kannon Basatsu (KuanYin)

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Carved wooden figure of Kannon Basatsu (KuanYin)
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Carved wooden figure of Kannon Basatsu (KuanYin), holding a child and standing on a plinth, within shrine with double folding doors, ornamental metal work on doors, Japanese, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A173560
Materials:
complete, wood (unidentified) and meta (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 240 mm x 205 mm x 170 mm, 1.365kg
type:
shrine
credit:
Phillips, Son and Neale