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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.108
Title
Zōchōten (Virūdhaka), Guardian King of the South: One of the Shitennō (Devarājas) or Four Heavenly Guardian Kings
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Devarājas (Shitennō): Virūdhaka (Zōchōten)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
figure, sculpture
Date
Nambokuchō to Muromachi period, 14th-15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Nambokuchō (1333-1392) to Muromachi (1392-1568) period
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299907

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood, multiple-woodblock construction; with polychromy and gilding
Dimensions
sight, including base and trident: H. 132 x W. 54 x D. 30 cm (51 15/16 x 21 1/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. George R. Agassiz in memory of Dr. George Russell Agassiz
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.108
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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. 48, p. 47
  • James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 76-77
  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • S425: East Asian Buddhist Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
  • Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights
  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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