Kagamibuta netsuke: Monju Bosatsu riding Shishi
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Material Information

Title:
Kagamibuta netsuke: Monju Bosatsu riding Shishi
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Physical Description:
sculpture -- medium: metal, ivory and gold -- height: 5/8 -- width: 1 7/8 -- depth: 1 7/8

Notes

General Note:
Kagamibuta netsuke is shaped like a manju, but with a metal disc serving as a lid to a shallow bowl, usually of ivory. The metal is often highly decorated with a wide variety of metallurgical techniques.
General Note:
Shishi (stone lion), also called Lion of Buddha, is, in Chinese art, a stylized figure of a snarling lion. Its original significance was as a guardian presence in a Buddhist temple. Shishi were imported into Japanese mythology; the boddhisatva Monju-bosatsu is commonly depicted riding one.
Ownership:
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University

Record Information

Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
Rights Management:
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Resource Identifier:
FI11090932
MET 78.10.17 ( accession number )

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The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
Netsuke