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Portable Shine (zushi) with Batō Kannon, the Horse-headed Bodhisattva of Compassion

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Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1620

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Portable shrine

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Title

Portable Shine (zushi) with Batō Kannon, the Horse-headed Bodhisattva of Compassion

Creator

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Worktype

Sculpture

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Fruitwood with lacquer, pigments, gold, metal fittings

Dimensions

Portable shrine: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Statue: H. 2 5/16 in. (5/9 cm);
height: 15.2centimetre;
depth: 7.6centimetre;
height: 19.7centimetre;
width: 8.9centimetre

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Language

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Date

ca. 1620

Provenance

Purchase, Friends of Far Eastern Art Gifts, 1985

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

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Public Domain

Inscription

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Location

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Subjects

Bodhisattvas; Lotuses; Buddhism; Avalokiteshvara

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Portable Shine (zushi) with Batō Kannon, the Horse-headed Bodhisattva of Compassion, ca. 1620, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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