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A wood sculpture of a heavenly musician
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th centuryDecorated in polychrome pigments, ink, and gesso over wood, the figure carved from a single block, shown squating on a lotus platform holding a drum, framed by an elaborate floral nimbus, the lotus petals of the pedestal each individually carved and inserted into the core, the nimbus carved from a single sheet of wood 6 3/4in (17.1cm) high, figure only; 22 1/4in (56.5cm) high overall
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The Kondo (Golden Hall) of Horyuji Temple near Nara, Japan's ancient capital, houses three important statues: the Shaka Triad, the Yakushi Nyorai, and the Amida Buddha, each of them placed under an elaborate jeweled canopy with tennin (Sanskrit: apsara, celestial musicians) attached to its rim. This figure appears to be a later copy of one of the musicians associated with the Horyuji group, possibly carved as a replacement for those which were lost in a fire in 670. For a similar example from the Horyuji group now in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, see Mayuyama Junkichi, ed., Japanese Art in the West, Tokyo, Mayuyama, 1966, no. 1; and for another example still in the collection of Horyuji Temple, see Kurata Bunsaku, Horyu-ji: Temple of the Exalted Law, Early Buddhist Art from Japan, New York: Japan Society, 1981, cat. no. 12.