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Guardian King, thought to be Jikokuten


Den Jikokuten ryûzô
伝持国天立像 一躯
Japanese
late Heian period
12th century

Medium/Technique Gilt bronze; cast (including the halberd); piece-mold casting
Dimensions 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.) (height of figure)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Ellen H. Gleason
Accession Number47.1339
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. II (Buddhist & Shinto sculp.), no. 28
ProvenanceLent by Miss Ellen H. Gleason, August 7, 1936; returned January 22, 1942; 1947 given to the Museum by Ellen H. Gleason.