Shrine
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
clay & resin & paint & gilt & brass & wood
Measurements
165 x 120 x 90 mm
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107447.1
Summary
A Japanese portable shrine containing a red seated wrathful figure with four arms. The figure is made from clay and sits on a gilt lotus pedastal and has a red, fire aureole. This figure belongs to the esoteric Shingon pantheon of deities and is a guardian figure, Kongo-yasha. '[A Japanese lacquered wood shrine with gilt brass mounts, the interior with a figure of Buddha] A similar shrine' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.