Shrine cabinet
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bead, Coloured glass, Gold, Paint, Wood
Measurements
375 x 200 x 130 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338049
Summary
Shrine cabinet - Black painted wooden cabinet with fixed open doors. Gilded interior with carved wooden figure of a deity in a painted black robe with gilded skin and pink glass bead decoration on chest and head. Stands on fenced pedestal with large lotus leaf behind.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.