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
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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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