2005.122: Rectangular Silk Panel, Possibly from a Banner, with a Buddhist Mantra Reading "Om mani padme hum"
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.122
- Title
- Rectangular Silk Panel, Possibly from a Banner, with a Buddhist Mantra Reading "Om mani padme hum"
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- probably 15th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/5661
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk brocade: rust red silk ground of dyed yarns in tabby weave, the ground interwoven in brocade weave with flat strips of double-layered paper faced with gold leaf
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 43 cm (15 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd., London
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.122
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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