Object Number | 29-198-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Buddhist |
Provenience | Japan |
Date Made | 18th Century |
Section | Asian |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Kannon | Kannon Bosatsu | Abhaya Mudra | Bodhisattva |
Description | Temple hanging scroll. Illuminated painting of Kannon Bosatsu. Her headdress contains a standing Amida Buddha. She is seated in a traditional Bodhisattva posture against a circular white nimbus and halo. She holds a lotus flower emblem in her left hand while the right hand is in the abhaya mudra (Jp: semui-in). Above appears the Sanskrit character, Sa, representing the seed symbol for Kannon Bosatsu. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. John L. LeConte & Robert G. LeConte, 1914 |
Other Number | Getz 280 - Other Number |
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