IDENTIFIERS
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id:	204591
accession number:	O.1-1863

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Friday 17 July 2015
updated:	Monday 11 January 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Portable shrine of the Bodhisattva Manjusri, made from lacquered wood, with gilt interior and gilt metal hinges and carrying loop.  Oval cylindrical with two hinged doors. 
Inside there is a carved wooden figure of Monju Bosatsu (the Bodhisattva Manjusri) sitting on a lion.
title:	shrine

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Bought from the Temple at the British Embassy Jedo, Japan


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by the Rev. E. R. Colby

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204591





TECHNIQUES
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gilding
TECHNIQUES
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lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: woodcarving
category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.3