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Nyoirin Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion with the Wish-Granting Jewel and the Magic Wheel


如意輪観音菩薩像
Japanese
Heian period
12th century

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, gold and silver on silk
Dimensions Framed: 191.8 x 65.4 cm (75 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.)
Image: 98.8 x 44.7 cm (38 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4032
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Hoam Museum of Art, March 26, 2024 – June 16, 2024
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #6; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 50; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 4
ProvenanceErnest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 - d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)