Myanmar Antique in Harvard Art Museum

1.         11-12th C Burmese Votive at Harvard Art Museum  

Here , one more votive tablet from Harvard Art Museum. This is very similar to the votive from Victoria & Albert Museum, so I believe need not to describe.

Object                         :           Votive Tablet

Title                             :           Votive Plaque Depicting Seated Buddha,

Date                            :           12th Century

Techniques                 :           Molded earthenware
Current Location         :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Note                            :           Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Loehr,

Museum number        :           1964.2

2.         Votive Plaque (Sâccha) 11th C Burma, Pagan

 

Object                         :           Votive Plaque (Sâccha)
Title                             :           Depicting Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra
Date                            :           11th century, reign of King Aniruddha
Techniques                 :           Terracotta, deeply impressed from an intaglio mould
Place                           :           Pagan, Burma
Dimensions                 :           13.3 x 9.5 x 0.9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Current Location         :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

Louis Sidney Thierry Memorial Fund, 1981.3

Department of Asian Art

Museum number        :           1981.34


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Object                         :           Sculpture

Title                             :           Stele with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha,

Date                            :           early 13th century

Description                  :           Yellowish-beige pyrophyllite
Dimensions                 :           18.7 x 13 x 3.8 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Creation Place            :           Burma

Location                      :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Louis Sidney

 Thierry Memorial Fund,

Museum Number        :           1979.328

4.

Object                         :           Sculpture

Title                             :           Double-Sided Manuscript Page, late 18th cent. - 19th cent.

Date                            :           18th-19th centuries
Description                  :           Black, red, and gold lacquer on paper (?)
Dimention                    :           10.7 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm (4 3/16 x 19 7/8 x 1/16 in.)

Creation Place            :           Burma
Museym Number        :           1986.688
Location                      :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

Bequest of Dorothy R. Eastman,

 

5. Object                         :           Manuscript

Title                             :           Ordination Text and Illustrations,

Date                            :           early 19th Century, (18th-19th centuries)

Description                  :           Horizontal loose-leaf manuscript: ink, color, gold and silver on

lacquered paper, with heavy wood covers

Dimention                    :           H. 12.8 x W. 55.6 x D. 3.8 cm (5 1/16 x 21 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Creation Place            :           Burma
Location                      :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

Gift of Philip Hofer, 1984.421 , Department of Asian Art

Musuem number        :           1984.421

 

 

 6.

 

Object                         :           Textile
Title                             :           Applique Hanging with Scenes from the Ramayana:

Rama Hunting the Golden Deer and the Rape of Sita,

Date                            :           late 19th Century

Creation Place            :           Burma

Museum Number        :           1930.442
Location                      :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs.

David Hemphill, , Department of Asian Art

  

7.

 

Object                         :           Vessel(Silver)
Title                             :           Silver Bowl and wooden stand, 19th century

Date                            :           19th century
Material                       :           Approx. diam. 19.05 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Creation Place            :           Burma
Location                      :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg,

Department of Asian Art

Museum Number        :           1930.349.A 

8.

 

Object                         :           Painting

Title                             :           Album of Burmese scenes, including religious processions,

military exercises, elephant performance,

Date                            :           19th century
Description                  :           Vertcal accordion-fold album; ink, color, and gold on paper,

with lacquered and painted covers each leaf

Dimention                    :           38.4 x 13.4 cm (15 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Creation Place            :           Burma

Location                      :           Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum,

Gift of Philip Hofer, Department of Asian Art

Museum Number        :           1984.423

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Established	1874
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Director	Thomas W. Lentz
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