1944.54: Small Bell-Shaped Plaque with a Seven-Story Pagoda Depicted on One Side and a Seated, Crowned Bodhisattva on the Other Side, the Bodhisattva Probably representing Munsu Posal (Bodhisattva Manjusri) or Po-hyŏn Posal (Bodhisattva Samantabhadra)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1944.54

Title

Small Bell-Shaped Plaque with a Seven-Story Pagoda Depicted on One Side and a Seated, Crowned Bodhisattva on the Other Side, the Bodhisattva Probably representing Munsu Posal (Bodhisattva Manjusri) or Po-hyŏn Posal (Bodhisattva Samantabhadra)

Classification

Plaques

Work Type

plaque

Date

12th-14th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/203869

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Polished bronze with incised representations

Dimensions

H. 17.4 x W. 8.8 x D. 0.1 cm (6 7/8 x 3 7/16 x 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Yamanaka and Company, New York, (by 1944)] sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Rübel Asiatic Research Bureau Fund

Accession Year

1944

Object Number

1944.54

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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