Scroll Painting
Native Name:
Kakemono
Object Number:
29-96-555
Current Location:
Japan Gallery
Culture:
Buddhist
Japanese
Provenience:
Japan
Date Made:
18th Century
Early Date:
1700
Late Date:
1799
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Paper
Silk
Paint
Technique:
Embroidered
Painted
Iconography:
Death of the Buddha
Sun
Human Figures
Animals
Description:
Painting and embroidery on sized silk. The Death of the Buddha. Reclining figure of Buddha, and the sun in gold thread. Figures of human and animal mourners in colored thread. Lower section has some unfinished figures.
Length:
92cm
Width:
46.2cm
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Lyons, Elizabeth and Heather Peters, Chang Ch'eng-mei, Gregory Possehl. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition. : Page/Fig./Plate: 9,14
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