Shrine

Item number N2.838 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Part a is a carved wooden Bodhisattva figure painted gold which appears to have been glued onto a stand from a large shrine (N2.987 h) and no longer fits in its original box-like shrine. Part b is the small box-like shrine with doors on metal hinges that open outward to reveal gold-walled interior with a wooden platform at the bottom, only partially decorated at the front. At the top is a carved facade painted with a curvilinear flower pattern with one red, white and light blue flower. The outside of the box is painted brown in a wood-like pattern with red calligraphy running vertically on both doors. The right door has carved metalwork all along its edge and a carved metal handle. The edges of the box are rounded.