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- Title
- Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 764-770
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.21
- Medium and Support
- carved wood with traces of gesso
- relevance
- rank 18.92797
- Creation Place 4
- Nara (prefecture)
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- Title
- Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 670-700
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.14
- Medium and Support
- polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base
- relevance
- rank 18.92797
- Creation Place 4
- Nara (prefecture)