Female deity riding a tortoise
6th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueCarved ivory with inlaid stones
Dimensions10.8 x 10.5 cm (4 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Accession number50.1950
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Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceLent by Charles B. Hoyt, February 8, 1946
Bequest of Charles B. Hoyt, May 11, 1950
Bequest of Charles B. Hoyt, May 11, 1950
19th century
Garaku of Osaka
mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-19th century
1740s
8th century A.D.
about 562 C.E.
mid-8th century A.D.