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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.143
Title
Kasuga Deer Mandala
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
late 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Nambokuchō period, 1333-1392
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59002

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2740, Buddhist Art, The Efflorescence of East Asian and Buddhist Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 88 x W. 38.1 cm (34 5/8 x 15 in.)
overall, including mounting, cord and roller ends: H. 163 x W. 58.4 cm (64 3/16 x 23 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Shibunkaku, Japan (by January 2009)]. [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2009)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2009-2014), 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 Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis and Merton Flemings
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.143
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "The Kasuga Deer Mandala Hunt", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, January/February 2011), vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 64-72, p. 67, figs. 4, 4a

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2015 - 12/09/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/2024 - 12/02/2024

Verification Level

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