Harvard Art Museums > 2014.161: Five-Prong Vajra (Gokosho), or Buddhist Thunderbolt Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Five-Prong Vajra (Gokosho), or Buddhist Thunderbolt , 2014.161,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/59904. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.161 Title Five-Prong Vajra (Gokosho), or Buddhist Thunderbolt Other Titles Alternate Title: Gokosho (Vajra) Classification Ritual Implements Work Type vajra Date 12th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Heian period, Late, 898-1185 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/59904 Physical Descriptions Medium Gilt bronze Dimensions L. 17.6 x W. 3.8 x D. 3.8 cm (6 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2002)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2002-2014), 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 Judith Dowling and John Dowling Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.161 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Nara National Museum, Mikkyo hôgu, Rinsen Shoten (Kyoto, Japan, 1993), cat. 112 London Gallery, Ltd. and Ôkura Shûkokan, Buddha's Smile: Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist Art, exh. cat., London Gallery, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan, 2000), p. 144, cat. 80 Japanese and Korean Paintings and Works of Art, auct. cat. (New York, 2002), p. 25, cat. 9 Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "Thinking about Buddhist Ritual Objects", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, January/February 2004), vol. 35, no. 1, p. 67 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
