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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.177
Title
Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Design of Sanskrit Syllable for Buddha Amitabha (Amida)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Amida (Amitabha)
Classification
Architectural Elements
Work Type
architectural element
Date
second half 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/69677

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Molded earthenware
Dimensions
max. Dia.16 x D. 4.1 cm (6 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 1998)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1998-2014), 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
2014.177
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Miyeko Murase and Masako Watanabe, The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2002), p. 75, cat. 18
  • Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "How Buddhist Roof-Tiles Mean", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, November/December 2004), Vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 77-79, p. 78, fig. 3

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

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