Jiantan Temple: Altar
Wood
Jiantan Temple: Altar
TAIWAN, Taipei; Qing dynasty
According to the inscription on the front, this altar was built in 1773 with funds donated by Li Huanyang. The wooden altar is lacquered in dark brown and colored in gold and red. The front lower section has a series of graceful curves with a tassel-like emblem at the center. On either side, there are sturdy curved legs. The rear is undecorated and the upper portion features two rows of openwork panels. The top row has five panels, while the bottom row has three. Each panel contains openwork carvings of human figures, flowers, and birds. There are also openwork carvings on the corners. The top of the altar is flat, but has a curved wing at either end.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 144.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Jiantan Temple: Altar." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 144.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Jiantan Temple: Altar" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:144.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Jiantan Temple: Altar. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 144).
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