Small Buddhist Shrine Guardian
CultureChinese
Date7th-8th century C.E.
MediumGilt bronze
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 inches (15.57 × 6.99 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Gift of the Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr. Trust
Object number81-32
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
ProvenanceWith R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York;
Purchased from R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd. by Karen Dean Bunting (1912-1981), Shawnee Mission, KS, after October 15, 1976-1981 [1];
Purchased from her estate by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] An invoice from R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd. dated October 15, 1976 in the Nelson-Atkins curatorial files, documenting Bunting’s purchase of a Japanese scroll painting of a crow by Rosetsu, includes a handwritten note: “returned for credit on Chinese gilt bronze later purchased by the Gallery from the Estate as 81-32.”
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