2014.140.1: Sanskrit Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2014.140.1
- Title
- Sanskrit Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Shuji Taizōkai mandara
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting, hanging scroll
- Date
- 15th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Muromachi period, 1392-1568
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/58252
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- One of a pair of hanging scrolls; gold on indigo-dyed paper
- Dimensions
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painting proper: H. 59.5 x W. 47.3 cm (23 7/16 x 18 5/8 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 122 x W. 62 cm (48 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Mika Gallery, New York, (by 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Edwin and Fumiko Cranston
- Accession Year
- 2014
- Object Number
- 2014.140.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/23/2004 - 04/17/2005
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