Description
The form of this vase emulates wine vessels (zun) found among ancient Chinese ritual bronzes, but the turtles forming the handles are a unique expression not found in zun. The vase was reportedly given as an offering to the buddha Yakushi (Skt. Bhaiṣajyaguru) enshrined at the West Round Hall of Hōryūji Temple by the Kyoto Sentō Imperial Palace in the early 1800s.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026