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Object Number

1943.54.1

Title

Maitreya's Paradise

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, banner

Date

945 CE

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang

Period

Five Dynasties period, 907-960

Culture

Chinese

Medium

Ink and color on ramie. Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province.

Dimensions

H. 175 x W. 115 cm (68 7/8 x 45 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.54.1

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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De Ma, 散藏美国的五件敦煌绢画, Dunhuang Research (Lanzhou, Gansu), 1999, Issue 02, pp.170-175, pp.170-175

Rei Sasaguchi, "A Dated Painting From Tun-Huang In The Fogg Museum", Archives of Asian Art (1972 - 1973), vol. XXVI, pp. 26-49

Matthew Brack, "A Technical Study of Portable Tenth-Century Paintings from Dunhuang in US Collections" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2010), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim

Women and the Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/1994 - 03/05/1995

32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/2016 - 05/31/2017

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