OBJECTS OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONIAL 141 



136. Buddha in a double shrine. — Wood, carved, lacquered, and 

 gilt. Japan. Height, 20 inches. (Cat. No. 277567, U.S.N.M.) 

 Gift of Mrs. B. H. Buckingham and Miss Isabelle C. Freeman. 



137. Buddha. — Seated in the witness position in a shrine. Wood, 

 carved, lacquered, and gUt. Height, 6 inches, Japan. (Cat. No. 

 276174, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. Julian-James. 



138. Buddha. — Statuette of wood, carved, lacquered, and gilt. 

 Japan. (Cat. No. 276175, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. Julian-James. 



139. Buddha. — Statuette of alabaster, painted and gilt. Repre- 

 sented upon a rudely carved base in the witness position. Height 

 18M inches. India. (Cat. No. 317009, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Wilham 

 Lilly. 



140. Buddha. — Statuette of alabaster, painted and gilt. Repre- 

 sented seated in witness position. Height, 14 K inches. India. (Cat. 

 No. 317010, U.S.N.M.) Gift of WiUiam Lilly. 



141. Buddha.— ^isiiwaiie of alabaster. Represented seated in 

 witness position. Height, llK inches. India. (Cat. No. 317011, 

 U.S.N.M.) Gift of Wilham Lilly. 



142. Buddha or BodJiisattva. — Bronze, chased and gilt. Seated in 

 meditation on double lotus. Adorned with earrings, necldaces, and 

 bracelets. On the upper palm is a hole in which was inserted some 

 attribute. The head is surmounted by a stupa. Height, 9 inches. 

 Tibet. (Cat. No. 315106, U.S.N.M. Gift of Mrs. John Van Rens- 

 selaer Hoff. 



143. Buddha. — Bronze. Represented seated on a lotus throne in 

 the attitude of granting protection. Height, 6% inches. Nepal. 

 (Cat. No. 315106, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. John Van Rensselaer 

 Hoff. 



144. Buddha. — Bronze, gilt. Seated in meditation <Jn the lotus 

 throne. Adorned with diadem, earrings, necldaces, and bracelets. 

 The statue was bought at the auction of Mr. Bavier's things in 

 Shanghai, China. It was taken from the Imperial Palace when Pe- 

 king was looted after the Boxer uprising. Inside the statue are many 

 prayer rolls wrapped up in yellow silk. Height, 17 inches. Peking, 

 China. (Cat. No. 316600, U.S.N.M.) Collected by Maj. Murray 

 Warner and presented through his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner. 



145. Buddha. — Statuette of brass. Represented standing upon a 

 lotus flower which rests on an hexagonal triple base, with a leaf-shaped 

 halo in openwork. Height, 4K inches. India. (Cat. No. 317655, 

 U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss Nettie Lovisa White. 



146. Buddha. — Statuette of wood, carved and gilt. Represented 

 seated in meditation on a lotus which rests on a double base, with a 

 leaf-shaped halo behind. Inclosed in a lacquered shrine. Height, 

 5% inches. Japan. (Cat. No. 329755, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Miss 

 Alice Tracy Thayer. 



