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Photo: Susan A. Cole
Single-pronged vajra (tokko sho)
Photo: Susan A. Cole

Single-pronged vajra (tokko sho)

Datelate 12th century
Object number56.137
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan A. Cole
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005 Tacoma Art League, Tacoma, Washington, "Collections of Puget Sound", 1957 (1957) San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, "Treasures of Japan", 1960 (1960) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art In The Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)Published ReferencesPromey, Sally M. editor, Sensational Religion: Sensory Cultures in Material Practice, 2014, Yale University Press, fig. 4.5, ills. page 76 Fuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 68
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 x 1 in. (2.54 x 2.54 cm)
MediumGilded bronze
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
12 - 13th century
Object number: 62.100
Photo: Susan A. Cole
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12 - 13th century
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ca. 6th century
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