Nigatsudō Burned Sutra fragment
Nigatsudō Burned Sutra fragment
Nigatsudō Burned Sutra fragment
Nigatsudō Burned Sutra fragment

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Nigatsudō Burned Sutra fragment,

ca. 744

Japanese
Nara period, 710–794
2016-714
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Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Bequest

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Title
Nigatsudō Burned Sutra fragment
Dates

ca. 744

Medium
Silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
Dimensions
image: 22 × 51.5 cm (8 11/16 × 20 1/4 in.) overall: 116 × 71.5 cm (45 11/16 × 28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-714
Culture
Japanese
Period
Nara

–1963 Mathias Komor (New York, NY), sold to Gillett G. Griffin (Princeton, NJ), March 30, 1963 for $250 (Komor no. M37)
1963–2016 Gillett G. Griffin (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum

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