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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Daruma
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Daruma

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Date19th century
Mediumwalnut shell and lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (4.1 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kurstin
Terms
    Object number86.0247
    DescriptionNut carved as Daruma, the twenty-eighth Buddhist patriarch to whom the introduction of Zen Buddhism in China is attributed.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    early 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    1851-1855
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    early 6th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    16th or 17th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    1850-1900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    mid 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 18th or early 19th century
    Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Alphonse Mattia
    1991