The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Votive Plaque with Amitāyus

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Program information

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Votive Plaque with Amitāyus

Date:: ca. 8th century or later
Culture:: Tibet
Medium:: Clay
Dimensions:: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (6.3 x 3.8 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1930
Accession Number:: 38.80.1

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