Eleven-headed Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara: detail

Published/Created:

Japan, Nara: Hokkeji
ca. 750-850

Physical Description:

H: 100 cm
pure wood (kaya, Japanese nutmeg), slight paint, single block construction

Notes:

Said to be in the style of the Tang painter Wu Daoxuan (Wu Daozi, 680-740, painter to Xuanzong), linked to Tachibana no Kachiko, sometimes said to be a portrait of Komyo.

Variant Titles:

Juichimen Kannon
十一面観音立像（部分）

Topics:

Sculpture -- Japan -- Nara period, 710-784 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

MHY02169

Genre:

sculpture: statues (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan Personal Collection)

Source Note:

Nihon bijutsu zenshu 6: Mikkyo no bijutsu Toji Jingoji Muroji (Gakken), 1980 日本美術全集6 密教の美術： 東寺／神護寺／室生寺 (東京： 学研)， 1980

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Nara, Japan: Hokkeji

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 310283

OID:

580154

PID:

digcoll:2077918