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Portrait of a Buddhist Sect Founder or Disciple
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Portrait of a Buddhist Sect Founder or Disciple

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Datelate 18th or early 19th century
Mediumwood and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (43.8 x 46 x 36.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kurstin
Terms
    Object number84.0024
    DescriptionJapanese wood sculpture first evolved in the eighth century during the Heian Period and reached its zenith in the Kamakura Period (1185-1332), but due to the fragile and perishable nature of wood, few early works have survived. This seventeenth-century example is executed in the style of the Kamakura as it was inherited from the earlier Heian. For stylistic reasons it has been tentatively identified as a Buddhist sect founder or disciple.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1790
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Andrea della Robbia
    late 15th to early 16th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Andrea della Robbia
    late 15th to early 16th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Katladlit Inuit
    1970s-1980s
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jukun people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    18th or 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    ca. 1930
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Charles Joseph Biederman
    1937
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Gran Chiriquí
    ca. 1950
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    6th century BCE