COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1975.268.388
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
This irregular disk with smooth radial fluting is a fine example of a type of carved stone object found in the keyhole-shaped burial mounds of central Japan from the fourth and fifth centuries. Works in this shape are called sharinseki (carriage-wheel stones) and are sometimes identified as stone bracelets. They seem, however, to be talismans with magical or religious significance. They do not appear in burials of the later Kofun period; perhaps their special meaning faded with the influx of Chinese and subsequently Buddhist culture that began in the sixth century .
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Name-CRT:
Japan
Title:
Bracelet
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
4th century
Creation Start Date:
300
Creation End Date:
399
Materials and Techniques:
Steatite
Style or Period:
Kofun period (ca. 3rd century?538)
Creation Place:
Japan
Dimensions:
H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
1975.268.388
Credit Line:
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest , and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_1975.268.388.tif
