- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1943.56.11
- People
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Attributed to Kiei-shi, Japanese (active mid-8th century )
- Title
- Gigaku Mask (Gigakumen), perhaps representing Shishiko, Suikoju, or Taikoji
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Gigakumen (Shishiko?; Suikoju?; Taikoji?)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- mask, sculpture
- Date
- Nara period, circa 754
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Nara period, 710-794
- Culture
- Japanese
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Wood with traces of polychromy
- Dimensions
- H. 28.2 x W. 21.6 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.56.11
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 47, p. 46
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