Fragment Mounted as a Box Cover with a Scene from Amida's Paradise
Unknown Artist
1100s
Medium
gold lacquer on wood
Dimensions
2.6 × 7.8 cm, l. 13.2 cm
Classification
Lacquer
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1961.91
About this artwork
The lid of this box has a fragment of an image representing the Pure Land of the Buddha Amida, and an interior decorated with lotus petals. The original, complete composition may have been a panel housed within a shrine cabinet, and used for meditation. An aversion to discarding sacred images likely led to the fragment’s incorporation into this small box.