Harvard Art Museums > 2014.163: Finial for a Buddhist Monk's Staff (Shakujō) with Pagodas, Vases, and Sun & Moon Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Finial for a Buddhist Monk's Staff (Shakujō) with Pagodas, Vases, and Sun & Moon , 2014.163,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/59448. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.163 Title Finial for a Buddhist Monk's Staff (Shakujō) with Pagodas, Vases, and Sun & Moon Other Titles Alternate Title: Shakujō Classification Ritual Implements Work Type finial Date 1185-1333 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Kamakura period, 1185-1333 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/59448 Physical Descriptions Medium Gilt bronze; inscribed "Dokei" on one side and "Zenkōji" [a temple in Niigata prefecture] on the other Dimensions H. 21.6 x W. 10.5 x D. 6.5 cm (8 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 2 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Gallery Hosomi Hoko-an, Tokyo, (by ca. 1989)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (ca. 1989-2014), 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 2014.163 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. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu