BUDDHIST TERRA COTTA VOTIVE PLAQUE

Dry lacquer

Kaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood with traces of pigment; multiple-block construction

Cypress wood with pigment: multiple-block construction

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

Ivory

Wood, multiple-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy

Cypress wood with lacquer and traces of cut gold-leaf

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

Wood with lacquer and gold-leaf

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

Ceramic

Wood with traces of polychromy