id:			137126
accession number:	1961.91
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.91
updated:		2025-08-20 12:39:51.446000

Fragment Mounted as a Box Cover with a Scene from Amida's Paradise, 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Gold lacquer on wood; overall: 2.6 x 7.8 cm (1 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1961.91

title:				Fragment Mounted as a Box Cover with a Scene from Amida's Paradise
title in original language:	阿弥陀仏浄土蒔絵手箱
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique:	gold lacquer on wood
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 2.6 x 7.8 cm (1 x 3 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Decorative Style
	opening date:   1961-08-30T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Decorative Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		Japanese Arts of the Heian Period
	opening date:   1967-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 5, 1967-February 19, 1968); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).

	title:		Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
	opening date:   1991-09-17T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (June 13, 2013-December 20, 2013)', 'opening_date': '2013-06-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Howard C. Hollis [1899–1985], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1961
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1961–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E.<em> Japanese Decorative Style</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14; Mentioned: p.15; cat.no. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n27

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 9 (November 1961): 219–251.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 55, p. 249
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 274
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n298

	Ragué, Beatrix von. “A Part of the Western Paradise.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 1 (January 1966): 26–30.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 26–27, fig. 1
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152082

	Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉, ed. <em>Japanese Art in the West.</em> Tokyo: Mayuyama &amp; Co., 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 357; Reproduced: p. 264, pl. 308
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	Rosenfield, John M. <em>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185</em>. [New York]: Asia Society, 1967.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 73 and 117, cat. no. 28
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 274
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n298

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 370
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n390

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