The Burke Collection
Sutra container (kyōzutsu, 経筒)
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811-1

Catalogue information

Heian period, 12th century

Bronze

H. with lid 44.5 cm (18 1/2 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Murase 1975, no.9
Murase, Miyeko
1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Pal and Meech-Pekarik 1988, fig. 113.
Pal, Pratapaditya, and Julia Meech-Pekarik
1988
Buddhist Book Illuminations. New York: Ravi Kumar.

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