Resource Spotlight | The Mary Griggs Burke Collection

 

Battle at Rokuhara (六波羅合戦), from Heiji monogatari emaki (平治物語絵巻)
Kamakura period, first quarter of 14th century
Handscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
17.4 x 14.8 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Okamoto Ryōhei

 
 

The Mary Griggs Burke Collection

 

More than one thousand Japanese, Chinese, and Korean masterworks spanning five millennia

 
 
 
 
 
 

History of the Collection

Written by Mary Griggs Burke

Mary Griggs Burke, 1985
Courtesy of the Mary Griggs Burke Collection

 
 

Cherry, Plum, and Willow Trees
Edo period, early 17th century
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper
153.4 x 349.4 cm (60 3/8 in. x 11 ft. 5 1/2 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2003

Daruma (達磨)
Kamakura period, 14th century (?)
Lacquered and gilded wood with inlaid crystal eyes
Overall h. 54 cm (21 1/4 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Amida Nyorai (阿弥陀如来)
Late Heian period, early 12th century
Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)
H. of statue 49.3 cm (19 3/8 in.); h. of pedestal 31.2 cm (12 1/4 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Shinto God and Goddess (男神、女神)
Late Heian period, 10th century
Japanese cypress (hinoki) with traces of polychrome
H. of each 52.5 cm (20 5/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Battle at Rokuhara (六波羅合戦), from Heiji monogatari emaki (平治物語絵巻)
Kamakura period, first quarter of 14th century
Handscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
17.4 x 14.8 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Okamoto Ryōhei

Six of the Group of Twelve Guardians (Jūni Shinshō, 十二神将)
Kamakura period, 14th century
Lacquered, polychromed, and gilded wood with inlaid crystal eyes
H. 42–46.3 cm (16 1/2–18 1/4 in.)
The six are tentatively identified as 2. Ox (丑); 4. Rabbit (卯); 6. Snake (巳); 7. Horse (午); 11. Dog (戌); 12. Boar (亥)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Squirrel on a Branch
Anonymous
Attributed to Tao Cheng (陶成; fl. mid-15th century) by Kano Eishin (Yasunobu) (狩野永真 [安信]; 1613–1685)
Ming dynasty, 15th century
Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
23.5 x 21.5 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
Donated to the Yale University Art Gallery by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Aizen Myōō (愛染明王)
Nanbokuchō period
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk
135.1 x 89.4 cm (53 1/8 x 35 1/4 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by Mary Griggs Burke in 1966

Shinto God and Goddess (男神、女神)
Late Heian to early Kamakura period, 12th–13th century
Polychromed wood
H. of god 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); h. of goddess 39.8 cm (15 5/8 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Mirror
Goryeo dynasty [possibly Chinese, Song (960–1279) or Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty]
Bronze with four directional guardian animals and twelve zodiac signs in relief
Diam. 17.7 cm (7 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Jizō Bosatsu (地蔵菩薩)
Kamakura period (?)
Wood with traces of polychrome
H. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Taima Mandala (当麻曼荼羅)
Kamakura period, early 14th century
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut gold leaf (kirikane) on silk
128.5 x 117 cm (50 5/8 x 46 1/8 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by Mary Griggs Burke in memory of Jackson Burke in 1985

Fudō Myōō (不動明王)
Kaikei (快慶; fl. ca. 1183–1223)
Kamakura period, early 13th century
Lacquered, polychromed, and gilded Japanese cypress (hinoki) with kirikane and inlaid crystal eyes
H. 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Shōrenin, Kyoto

Seated Bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad)
Joseon dynasty, mid-17th century
Gilded wood
H. 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Bishamonten (毘沙門天)
Heian period, 11th century
Wood with polychrome
H. including the base 116 cm (45 5/8 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Dai Shōjin Bosatsu (大精進菩薩), from Kontai butsugajō (金胎仏画帖)
Attributed to Takuma Tametō (宅間為遠; fl. ca. 1132–74)
Late Heian period, mid-12th century
Page from book, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
25 x 12.8 cm (9 7/8 x 5 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Guardian
Kamakura period (?)
Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)
H. 39.2 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Lotus, Turtle, and Fish in Rondel
Joseon dynasty, late 19th century
Framed painting; ink and color on paper
37.5 x 37.6 cm (14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk (Sōgyō Hachiman, 僧形八幡)
Late Heian period, 12th century (?)
Polychromed Japanese cypress (hinoki)
H. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Demon mask
Kamakura period (?)
Polychromed wood
H. 33 cm (13 in.)
Donated to the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Pair of Daoist Deities: (left) Songzi Niangniang (送子娘娘) and (right) Yanguang Niangniang (眼光娘娘)
Ming dynasty, late 16th–early 17th century
Gilt bronze with blue and red lacquer; wood bases
H. of each 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); (left) h. with base 23.6 cm (9 1/4 in.); (right) h. with base 23.1 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Donated to the Yale University Art Gallery by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

 
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