Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Unknown Artist
late 1100s
Medium
lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork
Dimensions
height: h. 160 cm · painted surface: 100.5 × 39 cm
Classification
Lacquer
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1969.130
About this artwork
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.