Segment of the Flower Garland Sutra (Kegyōkyō) Artist: Unknown

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ca. 744

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hanging scroll, silver ink on indigo-dyed paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 10 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (26 × 11.4 cm)
with mounting: 50 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (127.6 × 36.8 cm)
with rollers: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)

Credit Line

Collection of H. Christopher Luce, B.A. 1972

Accession Number

2023.122.2

Culture

Japanese

Period

Nara period (710 – 794), Tempyo era

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Todai-ji Temple, Nigatsudo Hall, Nara, Japan. With Mika Gallery, Tokyo and New York, by 2017; sold to H. Christopher “Kit” Luce, New York, March 22, 2017; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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