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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.140.1
Title
Sanskrit Womb World Mandala (Shuji Taizōkai mandara)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Shuji Taizōkai mandara
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58252

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One of a pair of hanging scrolls; gold on indigo-dyed paper
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 59.5 x W. 47.3 cm (23 7/16 x 18 5/8 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 122 x W. 62 cm (48 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Mika Gallery, New York, (by 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Edwin and Fumiko Cranston
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.140.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Marks of Enlightenment, Traces of Devotion: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/23/2004 - 04/17/2005

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