Title: Descent of Eleven-Headed Kannon
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 14th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut-out gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 33 15/16 x 15 1/4 in. (86.2 x 38.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 64 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (163.2 x 49.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 65 1/2 x 22 in. (166.4 x 55.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Charles Wrightsman Gift, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Dodge, Pfeiffer and Rogers Funds, and funds from various donors, 1972
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas