2006.170.293: Openwork Crown for a Sculpture of a Bodhisattva, the Crown Including Auspicious Buddhist Emblems - Pagoda, Wheel of the Law, Flaming Jewels, Sun, Moon, Phoenxes, Lotus Blossoms (among others)
Sculpture
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.293
- Title
- Openwork Crown for a Sculpture of a Bodhisattva, the Crown Including Auspicious Buddhist Emblems - Pagoda, Wheel of the Law, Flaming Jewels, Sun, Moon, Phoenxes, Lotus Blossoms (among others)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- Kamakura period, early 14th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Kamakura period, 1185-1333
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/197891
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hammered sheet bronze with chasing and chiseling and with ornaments of colored glass
- Dimensions
- H. 30.5 x W. 36.5 x D. 20 cm (12 x 14 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Shakris, San Francisco, 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.170.293
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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