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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.164
Title
Finial for a Buddhist Monk's Staff (Shakujo) with Six Pagodas
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Shakujo
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
finial
Date
late Heian to early Kamakura period, 12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Heian period, 794-1185
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59903

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
H. 20.8 x W. 11.4 x D. 4.7 cm (8 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 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
2014.164
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "Finial for a Monk's Staff", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, November/December 2005), Vol. 36, no. 8, p. 89, p. 89
  • Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan, brochure, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2013-2014), n.p.

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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