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Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
The Buddha Amida
anonymous, c. 1125 - c. 1175, sculpture, AK-MAK-294
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
The Buddha Amida Nyorai
anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1600, sculpture, AK-MAK-121
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Woman Holding a Child
Chitqua, c. 1775, sculpture, BK-NM-10883
On display in room 1.5
Shotoku Taishi
anonymous, c. 1200 - c. 1350, sculpture, AK-BR-JAN-1
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Space Circus
Constant, 1956 - 1961, sculpture, BK-2012-65-1
On display in room 3.3