Portable Shrine and Buddha

Unidentified maker, Chinese, 1644 - 1911

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Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912

Bronze, lacquered wood, fabric, and glass

Overall: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. George Pettengill Jr., in memory of her sons, George Tilford Pettengill, III (1909-1944), Class of 1932 and William Van Horne Pettengill (1914-1952), Class of 1937

S.965.72.4

Geography

Place Made: Shengjing, Peking, China, East Asia, Asia

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Course History

REL 1, Patterns of Religious Experience, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013

Provenance

Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977), Washington, D.C.; given to present collection, 1965.

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