2006.169.5: Descent of the Buddha Amitabha and the Bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Mahâsthâmaprâpta (Amida sanzon raigō)
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.169.5
- Title
- Descent of the Buddha Amitabha and the Bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Mahâsthâmaprâpta (Amida sanzon raigō)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Amida sanzon raigō zu: Amida Nyorai (Amitâbha), Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara), Seishi Bosatsu (Mahâsthâmaprâpta)
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- Nambokuchō period, 14th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Nambokuchō period, 1333-1392
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/173856
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Embroidery cut down from a hanging-scroll mounting and framed: dyed silk satin-stitch embroidery on painted silk ground
- Dimensions
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73.4 x 27.6 cm (28 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Frame: 151.8 x 50.2 cm (59 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Walter C. Sedgwick and partial purchase through the Philip Hofer Fund for the Purchase of Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.169.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/02/2016 - 11/15/2016
Verification Level
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