Harvard Art Museums > 1943.54.1: Maitreya's Paradise Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Maitreya's Paradise , 1943.54.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/203530. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.54.1 Title Maitreya's Paradise Classification Paintings Work Type banner, painting Date 945 CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang Period Five Dynasties period, 907-960 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/203530 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink and color on ramie. Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province. Dimensions H. 175 x W. 115 cm (68 7/8 x 45 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop (1864-1943) purchased from Yamanaka & Co., New York Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.54.1 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. 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 De Ma, 散藏美国的五件敦煌绢画, Dunhuang Research (Lanzhou, Gansu), 1999, Issue 02, pp.170-175, pp.170-175 Rei Sasaguchi, "A Dated Painting From Tun-Huang In The Fogg Museum", Archives of Asian Art (1972 - 1973), vol. XXVI, pp. 26-49 Matthew Brack, "A Technical Study of Portable Tenth-Century Paintings from Dunhuang in US Collections" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2010), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim Michelle Wang and Ryan Richard Overbey, ed., Beyond the Silk and Book Roads: Rethinking Networks of Exchange and Material Culture, Brill Academic Publishers (Boston) (Boston, 2024), pp. IX, 270, 272, fig. 8.9 Exhibition History Women and the Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/1994 - 03/05/1995 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/2016 - 05/31/2017 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
