Rice-Grain Pagoda with Sanskrit character for "Dainichi" written on one side, from Murō-ji

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2014.173
Title: Rice-Grain Pagoda with Sanskrit character for "Dainichi" written on one side, from Murō-ji
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: ritual implement
Date: 1392-1568
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/59895

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Carved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
Dimensions: H. 7.3 x W. 1.9 x D. 1.8 cm (2 7/8 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2003)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2003-2014), 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: 2014.173
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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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