2014.167: Seated Bodhisattva of Wisdom with Five Tufts of Hair (Gokei Monju)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.167

Title

Seated Bodhisattva of Wisdom with Five Tufts of Hair (Gokei Monju)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Gokei Monju

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, figurine

Date

second half of 13th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Kamakura period, 1185-1333

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/69707

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gilt bronze

Dimensions

including lotus base: H. 13.7 x W. 9 x D. 4.6 cm (5 3/8 x 3 9/16 x 1 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[James J. Freeman, Kyoto, (by 1973)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1973-2014), 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

2014.167

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Uehara Shôichi, "Shinshiryô shokai: Kakebotoke san ten", Kobijutsu (Tokyo, Japan, December 1971), No. 35, pp. 121-123, pp. 121-123 and plates
• 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), pp. 71-73, cat. 16

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