BUDDHIST TERRA COTTA VOTIVE PLAQUE

Cypress wood with lacquer and traces of cut gold-leaf

Bronze

Wood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy over white gesso ground

Wood, multiple-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy

Gilt bronze

Kaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood with traces of green/blue pigment over white gesso

Brown-surfaced iron or steel with applique gold eyes and tongue; with incised inscription beneath the snake's jaw

Wood, multiple woodblock-construction; with lacquer-applied gold leaf, and with significant later re-working of the head, shoulders, arms, back, legs and proper left torso

Ivory

Cypress wood with traces of gilding; shrine contains metal fittings and black lacquer

Lacquered wood covered with kirikane (cut gold)

Wood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychrome and applied gold leaf