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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.147
People
Attributed to Takuma Tametō, Japanese (Kyushu active circa 1132 - 1174)
Title
Seated Bodhisattva (Kongoho Bosatsu), from a notebook depicting the Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai Mandara)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
hanging scroll, painting
Date
mid 12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Heian period, Late, 898-1185
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58971

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Page from a book now mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
painting proper: 25 x 14 cm (9 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller end: 134.6 x 40 cm (53 x 15 3/4 in.)
mounting silk only: 131.4 x 35.1 cm (51 3/4 x 13 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2006)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2006-2014), 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
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.147
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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