Pagoda
794-1185
Dimensions
H. 7.8 x W. 3.6 x D. 3.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by ca. 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (ca. 2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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