COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
BMFA.16.287
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Name-CRT:
Artist not recorded
Title:
Sarcophagus for Sharira (holy remains) of priest Zhizhe, founder of the Buddhist Tiantai
View:
View not recorded
Creation Date:
Tang dynasty, early 8th century
Creation Start Date:
700
Creation End Date:
733
Materials and Techniques:
Limestone with carved and incised decoration
Style or Period:
Tang dynasty
Creation Place:
China
Dimensions:
48.9 x 36.5 x 69 cm (19 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 27 3/16 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ID Number:
16.287
Credit Line:
Special Chinese and Japanese Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Related Image Identifier Link:
BMFA.5-95.tif
