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Ban with dragon mount
Ban with dragon mount

Ban with dragon mount

Date14th century
Label TextOriginating in India, banners were adopted across the Buddhist world as ritual adornments. This pair was made from sheets of gilded bronze with exquisitely incised floral designs and glass beads. They would have been placed inside a hall to ornament the ritual space. Smaller ones were set outside of the main worship place or carried in processions.
Object number68.108.1
ProvenanceDr. Fuller purchased from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; donated to Seattle Art Museum, 1968
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Fall and Winter in Japan", October 22, 2002 - February 23, 2003 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005 Katonah, New York, Katonah Museum of Art, "Object As Insight: Japanese Buddhist Art & Ritual", January 14 - March 17, 1996. Circuit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, April 19 - June 30, 1996. (01/14/1996 - 03/17/1996) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing. Published ReferencesKatonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, "Object As Insight: Japanese Buddhist Art & Ritual", January 14- March 17, 1996, p. 36, ill. p. 37.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm) L.: 44 3/4 in.
MediumGilded bronze and glass beads
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