Title: Bodhisattva Kannon
Object type: Figure
Date: 17th or 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Wood with lacquer, gold leaf, cut gold leaf (kirikane), and metal
Dimensions: H. 30 in. (76.2 cm); Diam. of lower pedestal 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts; Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, Rogers Fund and Seymour Fund, by exchange, 2006
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas