Description
This lion would have supported either an image of the Bodhisattva Mañjusri (Monju in Japanese), who stands for the Buddha's wisdom, or a sacred gem.
Provenance
[From Matsubara, Kyoto temple]; Bunkio Matsuki Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1906; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.