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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.139
Title
Votive Plaque of Zaō Gongen, found at the site of Kinpozan, Yoshino, Yamato.
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Zaō Gongen
Classification
Plaques
Work Type
plaque
Date
Late Heian period, circa 11th-12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Heian period, Late, 898-1185
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203358

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
H. 39.4 x W. 22.9 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs in Memory of Langdon Warner
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.139
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John M. Rosenfield, Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185, Asia Society Inc. (New York, 1968), Plate 49 / pp. 98 & 125

Exhibition History

  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967

Verification Level

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