1944.57.29.A-C: Large, Covered, Compressed Globular Reliquary, the Cover with Knob in the Form of a Stupa Finial
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1944.57.29.A-C
- Title
- Large, Covered, Compressed Globular Reliquary, the Cover with Knob in the Form of a Stupa Finial
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 8th-9th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Unified Silla dynasty, 668-935
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203787
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Turned bronze
- Dimensions
- maximum: H. 24.1 x Diam. (base) 24.7 cm (9 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous gift
- Accession Year
- 1944
- Object Number
- 1944.57.29.A-C
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jaime Jouris, "Chinese Black Bronze Mirrors: A Preliminary Examination" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1991), Unpublished, passim
Exhibition History
- Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, 03/16/2010 - 06/20/2010
Verification Level
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