Title: Portable Shine (zushi) with Batō Kannon, the Horse-headed Bodhisattva of Compassion
Object type: Portable shrine
Date: ca. 1620
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Fruitwood with lacquer, pigments, gold, metal fittings
Dimensions: Portable shrine: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Statue: H. 2 5/16 in. (5/9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Far Eastern Art Gifts, 1985
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lotuses, term: Buddhism, term: Avalokiteshvara, term: Bodhisattvas