Eleven-headed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Jūichimen Kannon)
date: label: Date
content: 1185-1333
label: Period
content: Kamakura period
notes: label: Description
content: Statuette: the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara with eleven heads (Ekadasamukha; Juichi-men Kwannon). Figure hollow; head and arms solid. "Hi-no-ki" wood. Remains of gesso coating and traces of color. Glass eyes and urna inset.
label: Provenance
content: To 1907
label: Provenance
content: Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1907 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 941, pg. 30, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Paintings and Sculpture (May 2, 1923 to January 5, 1928)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: wood
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: bodhisattva
label: Topic
content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
label: Topic
content: Avalokiteshvara
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: kalasa
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1907.112a-c
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Wood, gesso, pigments, glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 109.6 x 30.5 x 29.7 cm (43 1/8 x 12 x 11 11/16 in)