Portable Buddhist Shrine

10th-12th century (Song dynasty (960–1279))

20.8 cm 19.1 cm 8 cm

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Pilgrims and itinerant monks used portable shrines for worship and teaching. In the central panel, the historical Buddha Shakyamuni (Siddhartha Gautama, ca. 563–483 BCE) preaches a sermon while surrounded by disciples, donors, and guardian deities. Above, a celestial Buddha fr...

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Yamanaka & Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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