Deity shrine
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper, Gilt, Lacquer, Wood
Measurements
195 mm (H)81 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332775
Summary
Small portable deity shrine with folding doors. Outside black lacquer with copper latch, hinges and engraved decorative plates. Inside of doors gilded. Deity missing, but label on reverse reads 'Kwanon, Buddhist god of mercy.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.