The Burke Collection
Hexagonal sutra container (kyōzutsu, 経筒)
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812-1

Catalogue information

Heian period, 1127

Bronze

H. with lid 41.5 cm (16 3/8 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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See also

This artwork was published as catalogue entry 812 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.

Additional details

Signature

Monk [illegible] mei; Monk seiyo; 1127