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Senjû Kannon, the Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva of Compassion


千手観音菩薩像
Japanese
Heian period
12th century

Medium/Technique Panel; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
Dimensions 138.8 x 65.1 cm (54 5/8 x 25 5/8 in.) (height x width)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4034
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. I (Buddhist & Shinto ptg.), no. 3
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum