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Ritual gong (kei)
Ritual gong (kei)

Ritual gong (kei)

Date1185- 1333
Object number72.2
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005 Katonah, New York, Katonah Museum of Art, "Objects As Insight: Japanese Buddhist Art And Ritual", January 14 - March 17, 1996, 1/14-3/17/96 (01/17/1996 - 03/17/1996) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)
Credit LineGift of Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions3 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (8.6 x 18.1 cm) Thickness: 9/16 in.
MediumGilded bronze
Buddhist wheel of the law (Horin)
Japanese
1185-1333
Object number: 66.106
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
12 - 13th century
Object number: 62.100
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
late 12th century
Object number: 56.137
Incense burner with long handle
Japanese
late 14th - 15th century
Object number: 49.236
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
12 - 13th century
Object number: 49.237
Ban with dragon mount
Japanese
14th century
Object number: 68.108.1
Ban with dragon mount
Japanese
14th century
Object number: 68.108.2
700-400 B.C.E.
Object number: 2007.102
Ritual vessel
Chinese
17th century
Object number: 92.60
Ritual dagger (phurpa)
17th-18th century
Object number: 65.97
Ritual vessel
18th century
Object number: 65.99