Altar
Wood and gilt copper
Altar
CHINA; Qing dynasty
This wooden altar is covered in gilt copper and is 50.5 cm high and 71 cm wide. The rectangular top is undecorated and the front and side edges have intertwining flora. Below that there is a key pattern, followed by a whorl pattern on the indented section. At the center of the front face there is an image of a fierce mythical creature with horns, thick eyebrows, bulging eyes, bulbous nose, and sharp fangs. The creature has a crescent moon and sun symbol on its head. The altar stands on pointed legs and the middle section beneath the creature extends down towards the floor.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 2.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Altar." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 2.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Altar" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:2.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Altar. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 2).
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