Currently not on view
Jūichimen Kannon 十一面観音,
early 13th century
Anonymous
Japanese
Kamakura period, 1185–1333
y1963-28
Information
Title
Jūichimen Kannon 十一面観音
Dates
early 13th century
Maker
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 140.0 x 82.0 cm. (55 1/8 x 32 5/16 in.)
Mount: approx. 214 x 100.8 cm. (84 1/4 x 39 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1963-28
Place Made
Asia, Japan
Description
Hanging scroll composed of overlapping small sheets of paper. Kannon seated on lotus, frontal, legs crossed. Ten small heads arranged above and to either side of a large one. One pair of hands held in front of body; second pair extended, right holding a string of beads, left holding a pot. Preparatory drawing for a painting of Avalokitasvara (Kannon), the Bodhisatva of Mercy, on his way to divinity.
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- Patrick J. Kelleher, "College museum notes", Art journal 23, no. 1 (Autumn, 1963): p. 46-56., p. 46
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"Recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 23, no. 2 (1964): p. 34-55.
, p. 41 - "Summary of Acquisitions, 1963," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, vol. 23, no. 1 (1964): p. 29-31., p. 30
- "Gifts by J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900, to the Art Museum", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 33, no. 2 (1974): p. 24-30., p. 26
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 29 (illus.)
