Kasuga Deer Mandala (Kasuga shika mandara)
late 15th century
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 16.8 x W. 9.1 cm (6 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.) mounting (inlcuding roller ends but no cord): H. 54.5 x W. 17.8 cm (21 7/16 x 7 in.)
Provenance
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2005)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2005-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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