John L. Severance Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Japan, Heian period (794–1185) · late 1100s
Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- late 1100s
- Medium
- lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork
- Dimensions
- height: 160 cm (63 in.)
- Country / context
- Japan
- Movement / tradition
- East Asian arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- East Asian arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
This repository is one of a pair that once contained the scrolls of a religious text called the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Two discs painted on the back have the sacred syllables representing the Buddha Shakyamuni and the Buddha Amida. Eight of the 16 benevolent but fierce looking deities who protect the text appear on the doors.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
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