COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MIA_.2000.87.3
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MIA_.2000.87.3
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2002
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2002
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
artist unknown
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artist unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
artist unknown
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artist unknown
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Almsbowl
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Almsbowl
Title
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View:
Front
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Front
View
false
Creation Date:
about 1100
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about 1100
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1080
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1080
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1120
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1120
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
black lacquer
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black lacquer
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
H.4 x Dia.8-3/16 in.
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H.4 x Dia.8-3/16 in.
Dimensions
false
Component Measured:
overall
mcm
overall
Component Measured
false
Measurement Unit:
in
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in
Measurement Unit
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
2000.87.3
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2000.87.3
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The almsbowl was one of the few essential possessions of a Buddhist monk specified in the Vinaya, the 6th century b.c. code of Buddhist monastic practice. Based on clay Indian prototypes, the use of simple monochromatic vessels like this symbolized the monk's vow of poverty. Of perfectly rounded form, with sides rising from a round base and curving inward to a wide rimless mouth, this bowl is the epitomy of refined elegance.
The oldest surviving lacquered almsbowls are 8th century examples preserved in the Shoso-in Repository in Nara, Japan. This extremely rare bowl appears to be the most refined in form and finish of all recorded examples and it has been dated by carbon-14 analysis of its wooden core to about a.d. 1100.
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<P>The almsbowl was one of the few essential possessions of a Buddhist monk specified in the Vinaya, the 6th century b.c. code of Buddhist monastic practice. Based on clay Indian prototypes, the use of simple monochromatic vessels like this symbolized the monk's vow of poverty. Of perfectly rounded form, with sides rising from a round base and curving inward to a wide rimless mouth, this bowl is the epitomy of refined elegance.</P><P>The oldest surviving lacquered almsbowls are 8th century examples preserved in the Shoso-in Repository in Nara, Japan. This extremely rare bowl appears to be the most refined in form and finish of all recorded examples and it has been dated by carbon-14 analysis of its wooden core to about a.d. 1100.</P><P></P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.22009c.tif
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MIA_.22009c.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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