Photo of collection object Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, late 1100s. lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork, height: 160 cm (63 in.). John L. Severance Fund, 1969.130.1. CC0.

Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

late 1100s

Maker Unknown

Japanese Art

Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, late 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork; height: 160 cm (63 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.130.1 This repository is one of a pair that once contained the scrolls of a religious text called the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Two discs painted on the back have the sacred syllables representing the Buddha Shakyamuni and the Buddha Amida. Eight of the 16 benevolent but fierce looking deities who protect the text appear on the doors. The mate to this object is in the Nara National Museum in Japan.

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