Hanging Disk with Image of Seated Buddha (Kakebotoke)
late 13th century
Dimensions
Diam. 7.8 x Thickness 2.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 in.)
Provenance
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by ca. 2010)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (ca. 2010-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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