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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.257
Title
Four-headed, Four-armed Bodhisattva Carrying Lotus, Vajra Staff, and Water Flask
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208758

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Buddhist woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
H. 99.9 x W. 38 cm (39 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.257
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Usher P. Coolidge, Religious Wood-Block Prints of the Far East: An Exhibition of Chinese, Korean and Japanese Religious Wood-Block Prints Dating from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, October to November, 1948., exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1948), Cat. No. 22, p. 14 and Plate III (right), p. 9

Verification Level

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