Harvard Art Museums > 1978.515: Book Cover with Buddhist Deities Books Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Book Cover with Buddhist Deities (Designed by Dharma Master rDo rje seng ge) , 1978.515,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/202025. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1978.515 People Designed by Dharma Master rDo rje seng ge, Tibetan (1152 - 1220) Title Book Cover with Buddhist Deities Classification Books Work Type book cover Date circa first quarter 13th century Places Creation Place: South Asia, Tibet Culture Tibetan Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/202025 Physical Descriptions Medium Wood with traces of polychromy and gilding Dimensions 26.6 x 69.9 x 2.9 cm (10 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia Accession Year 1978 Object Number 1978.515 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 72, p. 69 Susan L. Huntington and John C. Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th-12th centuries) and its International Legacy, exh. cat., Dayton Art Institute (Dayton, Ohio, 1989), pp. 364-365, no. 132 Larry David Perkins, Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art through the Ages, exh. cat., Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, FL, 2000), p. 34, fig. 40 Kathryn H. Selig Brown, Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers from the MacLean Collection, MacLean Collection and Prestel Verlag (Munich, Germany, 2012), p. 16, fig. 9 Exhibition History Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, 07/16/2000 - 01/14/2001 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
