A bronze sutra container
Kamakura Period, dated 1280
Of circular section with slightly domed cover mounted with a lotiform finial; the inscription on the surface mostly illegible except the date Koan kanoe-tatsu sannen nigatsu juichinichi (second month, eleventh day of the third year of the Koan era, 1280)
12in. (30.5cm.) high
A bronze sutra container
Kamakura Period, dated 1280
Of circular section with slightly domed cover mounted with a lotiform finial; the inscription on the surface mostly illegible except the date Koan kanoe-tatsu sannen nigatsu juichinichi (second month, eleventh day of the third year of the Koan era, 1280)
12in. (30.5cm.) high
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