Statue base
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
bronze
Measurements
860 x 1320 x 800 mm
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Dyffryn House and Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan
NT 1682855.2
Summary
Bronze. The base for the statue depicting Fujin, God of Wind. The bronze base is in the form of a rock with a dragon coiled around it.
Provenance
Donated to Dyffryn Gardens in 1951 by Grenville Morgan. Previously owned by Glamorgan County Council. Makes up part of the chattels at Dyffryn House and Gardens transferred to National Trust ownership as part of the lease agreement of 2012. It was agreed all moveable chattels left by the council would become the property of the National Trust.