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馬頭観音菩薩像
Batô Kannon, the Horse-Headed Bodhisattva of Compassion
馬頭観音菩薩像
Japanese
Heian period
12th century
Medium/Technique
Panel; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
Dimensions
Image: 166.1 x 82.7 cm (65 3/8 x 32 9/16 in.)
Framed: 190.5 x 93.3 cm (75 x 36 3/4 in.)
Framed: 190.5 x 93.3 cm (75 x 36 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4035
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #7; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 51; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 5
Inscriptions興聖寺什物 [裏書]
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA.