Bodhisattva Kannon
1100-1199
Late Heian Period (898-1185 CE)
56 1/8 x 14 15/16 x 14 15/16 in. (142.5 x 38 x 38 cm)
Japanese artist
Japan
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Wood, gesso, polychromy
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund and gift of a Friend of the Gallery
Accession Number:
1974.83
Location: Currently on view
Provenance
Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto (dealer); acquired from him by East-West Shop, Victor, NY, through R. Sawers, London (dealer); purchased from them by the Gallery in 1974
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Susan Dodge Peters, ed.
Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection.
New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
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Article Title: Acquisition.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 40,
Issue Number: 2.
Issue Date: October 1974.
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Article Author: Dohanian, Diran K..
Article Title: Japan: a late Heian image of the Bodhisattva Kannon.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Porticus.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
Volume Number: 1
Issue Date: 1978.
Page Number: 3-7
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Article Author: Hartman, Joan M..
Article Title: Report from America.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction.
Oriental Art.
Page Number: 230-4,
Figure Number: Fig. 3, p. 232
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Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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Irondequoit Press.
Irondequoit, NY: Irondequoit Press
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