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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.159
Title
Chakra (Rimpō), or Wheel of the Buddhist Law
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Rimpō (Chakra)
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ritual implement
Date
early 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70151

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
H. 12 x W. 11.9 x D. 1.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 11/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, (by 2001)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2001-2014), 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
2014.159
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. 74, cat. 17
  • Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "Thinking about Buddhist Ritual Objects", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, January/February 2004), vol. 35, no. 1, p. 69
  • 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

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