Votive plaque (kakebotoke): Thousand-Armed, Eleven-Headed Kannon

late 13th century-early 14th century

Japanese

Bronze, gold and silver gilt on wood

2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Diam.: 24.8 cm

Gift of Howard Hollis

50.123

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Luminous: The Art of Asia", October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005

Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, "Distant Reverence: Buddhist Sculpture From The Seattle Art Museum", August 16 - October 22, 1989, (08/16/1989 - 10/22/1989)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)

Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 64

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", copublished by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, California, 1987, p. 108, ill. p. 109

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