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Womb World: One of a Pair of Mandalas
ca. 150075 3/4 x 39 7/8 in. (192.4 x 101.3 cm)
Unknown, Japanese
Japanese
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Ink and colors on paper, mounted on silk hangings, with brass fittings and furls
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1979.51.2
Location: Currently on view
This design is based on a double icon painted in 9th-century China for a Japanese monk of an esoteric sect, Kobo Daishi. This mandala depicts the taizo kai or "womb world."
Provenance
Dealer, Kyoto, Japan; purchased from him by Merlin Dailey of East-West Shop, Victor, NY (dealer), 1979; purchased from him by the Gallery in 1979
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Selected Recent Acquisitions 7/6/1982 - 8/15/1982
- Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment 9/2/1997 - 1/25/1998
- Faith and Practice: Religious Objects from Diverse Traditions Memorial Art Gallery 12/1/1998 - 1/31/1999
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Dohanian, Diran Kavork. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 162-165
- Article Title: New Acquisition: Japanese Scrolls. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 45, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: December 1979.
- Article Author: Dohanian, Diran Kavork. Article Title: Genzu Mandara: The Mandala of the Double-Realm. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 4 Issue Date: 1981. Page Number: 24-30
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Selected Recent Acquisitions. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1982.
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