Figure of a Monk

1347 (Muromachi)

16.6 cm 22 cm

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The inscription under the base of this figure states that it was made for (or perhaps by) Monkan in the year 1347. It likely represents a Shingon priest of this name who lived from 1278-1357 and excelled in the painting of Buddhist subjects. The sculpture's small scale, fine d...

Sculpture

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Bunkio Matsuki Sale, Amemrican Art Association, New York, February 8 - 10, 1906, no. 284; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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