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NARA ERA BUDDHIST ART
THE GREAT AGE OF GILT BRONZE
Bronze, Clay, & Dry Lacquer Still Surpass Wood Sculpture
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Eight Guardians, Hollow Dry Lacquer
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Eight Guardians of Buddhism
Images of four of the eight Hachi Bushū 八部衆
Hollow Dry Lacquer (Jp. = Dakkatsu Kanshitsu 脱活乾漆)
Kōfukuji Temple 興福寺, Nara Era.
Heights vary from 50 cm to 155.4 cm
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