2014.143: Kasuga Deer Mandala

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.143

Title

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

hanging scroll, painting

Date

late 14th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Nambokuchō period, 1333-1392

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/59002

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 88 x W. 38.1 cm (34 5/8 x 15 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 163 x W. 58.4 cm (64 3/16 x 23 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Shibunkaku, Japan (by January 2009)]. [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2009)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2009-2014), 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 Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis and Merton Flemings

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.143

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "The Kasuga Deer Mandala Hunt", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, January/February 2011), vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 64-72, p. 67, figs. 4, 4a

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2015 - 12/09/2015

Verification Level