Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum
The Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum is a museum named after the painter and collector Ikuo Hirayama located in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. The museum opened in 2004. It is one of the few and significant museums about the Silk Road to be located outside of China.
Also recorded as HIRAYAMA IKUO SILK ROAD MUSEUM
Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum
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- 2004
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- Japan
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The Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum is a museum named after the painter and collector Ikuo Hirayama located in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. The museum opened in 2004. It is one of the few and significant museums about the Silk Road to be located outside of China.
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Many of the objects of the collection were exhibited in China in 2018–2019. • Illustration — Gandhara Buddha • Illustration — Stone palette • Illustration — Bactrian statuette • Illustration — Greek gods • Illustration — Gandhara Atlas, 2nd-3rd cent. CE • Illustration — Vajrapani, Gandhara, 3rd-4th cent. CE • Illustration — Buddha, 2nd-3rd cent. CE • Illustration — The Buddha and Heavenly kings, 2nd-3rd cent. CE • Illustration — The Buddha's First Sermon, 2nd-3rd cent.
in the Poly MGM Museum, Macau Silver Bowl with Deer Pattern 2 Century BCE-3nd Century CE Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum Diameter 14.5cm Crafted in silver, this vessel reflects strong Hellenistic or Roman influence, within which a vividly chased stag is depicted, encircled by radiating spiral patterns.
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in the Poly MGM Museum, Macau Boat-Shaped Gilt Silver Cup with Bird Pattern 7th-8th Centuries CE Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum Length 22.8cm Width 11.3cm. The gilt silver cup features a round, boat-like form. The rim is gilded, and the interior wall is covered with a dotted pattern. The center of the interior base is also gilded and engraved with the image of a bird, likely an egret.
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• Name — Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum • Native Name — 平山郁夫シルクロード美術館 • Location — Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan • Type — Archaeology museum • Website — https: www.silkroad-museum.jp/english/
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2004
Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum established.
2004
Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum is recorded from 2004.
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- 1.Srinivasan, Doris. On the Cusp of an Era: Art in the Pre-Kuṣāṇa World. BRILL. 286. 2007. 978-90-04-15451-3.
- 2.Stubbs, John H. Architectural Conservation in Asia: National Experiences and Practice. Routledge. 57. 10 November 2016. 978-1-317-40618-1.
- 3.Winter, Tim. The Silk Road: Connecting Histories and Futures. Oxford University Press. 186. 2022. 978-0-19-760505-9.
- 4.Clarkson, Persis B. Caravans in Global Perspective: Contexts and Boundaries. Routledge. 100. 29 November 2021. 978-1-000-50419-4.
- 5.Silk Road Antiquities from Hirayama Ikuo Collection, at the National Museum of China. en.chnmuseum.cn.
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