Diameter: 61.000 cm
Brooke Sewell Bequest
Asia JA 1967.2-20.1
Hanging canopy (tengai)
From Japan
Probably
Kamakura period, 14th century AD
A canopy or
tengai, hangs from the
ceiling of Japanese Buddhist temples above the images of Buddhas
and
This example has a lotus flower at the centre surrounded by rings of floral and scroll designs. It has gilt, copper and glass fittings.
L. Smith, V. Harris and T. Clark, Japanese art: masterpieces in (London, The British Museum Press, 1990)
W. Zwalf (ed.), Buddhism: art and faith (London, The British Museum Press, 1985)
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