2014.175: Circular Eaves-End Rooftile with Lotus Design, from Minamishaga Hai-ji
Architectural Elements
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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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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