Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Asura |
Year Range from |
1600 |
Year Range to |
1699 |
Medium |
Wood, pigment |
Accession Number |
70.48 |
Department |
ASIAN |
Description |
Standing Japanese representation of the Buddhist deity Asura depicted with three heads, six arms and flaming hair with hands in the anjolic mudra position (gesture of devotion). Figural sculpture rendered in carved wood and painted with white,red, and green pigment. Attributes are missing. 17th century, early Edo period |
Credit line |
Albert M. Baer |
Search Terms |
1600s 17th Century Anjolic Mudra Antigod Asian Buddhist Buddhist Meditation Carving Ceremonial Object Deities Deity Demigod Devotion Divinity Dynamic Edo Period Emanation Exploring the Centuries: 3rd-20th Century Asian Art Figurative Figurative Sculpture Holy Figures Japanese Meditation Mudra Myth Passion Pigment Religion Sacred Statuary Sculpture Symbolic Figure Titan Wooden |