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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.57.13
Title
Prince Shōtoku (574-622) at Age Sixteen Holding a Censer
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
hanging scroll, painting
Date
Nambokuchō period, second half 14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204263

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 98.3 x W. 42 cm (38 11/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
with mounting, roller ends and suspension cord: H. 182.8 x W. 62.5 cm (71 15/16 x 24 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, by September, 1936]. Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.57.13
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Exhibition of Japanese Buddhistic art specially brought over from Japan: sculptures, paintings, old screens, nõ costumes, etc., at the galleries of Boston Art Club, Boston, September 1st - 30th, 1936, auct. cat., Benrido printers (Kyoto, 1936), cat. no. 29

Exhibition History

  • Later Chinese and Japanese Figure Painting in Decorative Arts, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1992 - 06/07/1992

Verification Level

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