Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Lotus Design, from Minamishaga Hai-ji

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2014.175
Title: Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Lotus Design, from Minamishaga Hai-ji
Classification: Architectural Elements
Work Type: architectural element
Date: mid 7th-early 8th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Nara period, Early, 645-710
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/59885

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Molded earthenware
Dimensions: H. 16.5 x W. 17.2 x D. 4.7 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2003)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2003-2014), 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
Accession Year: 2014
Object Number: 2014.175
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, "How Buddhist Roof-Tiles Mean", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, November/December 2004), Vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 77-79, p. 77, fig. 1

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