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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.179
Title
Rubbing from a Stele Engraved with a Figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon Bosatsu) Standing Amidst Clouds; design after the Chinese artist Wu Daozi (8th c.)
Classification
Rubbings
Work Type
rubbing, hanging scroll
Date
Meiji, Taishō or early Shōwa period, first half 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Meiji, Taishō or early Shōwa period
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200137

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink-rubbing mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper, the rubbing in "cicada-wing" technique (ch'an-i t'a)
Technique
Rubbing
Dimensions
162.5 x 66.5 cm (64 x 26 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Grilli Collection, Gift of Peter Grilli and Diana Grilli
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.179
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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