Deity
1100s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Deity, 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Magnolia wood with traces of color; overall: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.373 This unidentified sculpture represents a mature male figure with a long beard. His robes, crown-like head ornament, and hair arranged into a topknot resemble the attire and styling of members of the heavenly realm—tenbu in Japanese—of the Buddhist cosmos. The comparatively simple design, along with carving marks purposely left by the sculptor throughout the surface tend to be associated with sculptures of kami, deities venerated at shrines, or jinja.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Magnolia wood with traces of color
- Dimensions
- Overall: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1954.373
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Art: The International Language, Katachi: Form and Spirit in Japanese Art, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018, <em>Japanese Art Exhibition</em>. Albuquerque Museum of Art, History and Science, Albuquerque, NM (1980).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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