Drawing for Silver Design of Canopied Howdah, Elephant Saddle

19th century

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Standing figure of the Buddha carved from fine-grained dark blue/gray limestone. Simply attired in the outer robe of a monk covering both shoulders. Drapery cascades over shoulders, clinging to the figure beneath, reflecting the Gupta style influence on Chinese Buddhist art. Considerable traces of pigment remain. Comes in two pieces, the Buddha statue and a lotus-form base into which it sits.
1989.143.46 is a hand-colored print depicting a pair of roofed structures in the bottom right corner with a waterfall, a house, and a bridge in the middle ground. The waterfall flows from a source above the house and within the mountains surrounding it.
Lake Chūzenji, Nikkō, Kawase Hasui, ink and color on paper
From the Fifty-Three Stations of Tokaido (55 prints in the series with 1st being in Tokyo, last in Kyoto)