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Fragment Mounted as a Box Cover with a Scene from Amida's Paradise

Fragment Mounted as a Box Cover with a Scene from Amida's Paradise

1100s
(794–1185)
gold lacquer on wood
Overall: 2.6 x 7.8 cm (1 x 3 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1961.91
Location: not on view

Description

The lid of this box has a fragment of an image representing the Pure Land of the Buddha Amida, and an interior decorated with lotus petals. The original, complete composition may have been a panel housed within a shrine cabinet, and used for meditation. An aversion to discarding sacred images likely led to the fragment’s incorporation into this small box.
  • ?–1961
    (Howard C. Hollis [1899–1985], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1961–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 370 archive.org
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