Nyoirin Kannon above a Landscape | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2014.146
Title: Nyoirin Kannon above a Landscape
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Nyoirin Kannon
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting, hanging scroll
Date: Kamakura to Muromachi period, 14th century?
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Kamakura period, 1185-1333
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/59905

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: painting proper: H. 35.5 x W. 18.2 cm (14 x 7 3/16 in.)
overall (including mounting, cord and roller ends): H. 127 x W. 45.5 cm (50 x 17 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 1992)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (1992-2014), 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: 2014.146
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kitazawa Natsuki 北澤菜月, Hābādo Bijutsukan zō "Nyoirin Kannon zō" ni tsuite—zaibei no Ankokuji kanren kaiga ハーバード美術館蔵「如意輪観音像」について—在米の大安寺関連絵画—, Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Dayori (2023), vol. 126, n.p., fig. 1

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