Eleven-headed Kannon

anonymous, 1375 - 1425

In this scroll painting, Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, descends from Paradise to receive the soul of a Buddhist who has passed away. His clothes are richly decorated in gold patterns. Kannon appears in many different forms. This eleven-headed form represents the ten stages of the bodhisattva’s development, culminating in the total enlightenment of the Buddha – portrayed here as the topmost head.

  • Artwork typehanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-MAK-163
  • Dimensionsheight 71 cm x width 29.5 cm, height 145 cm x width 44.9 cm, width 52.6 mm, diameter 67 mm, diameter 50 mm, height 11 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 11 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Eleven-headed Kannon
    • Jūichimen Kannon

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-163

  • Description

    Hangrolschrildering op zijde met in inkt, kleur en goud een afbeelding van een op een wolk neerdalende figuur van de Elfhoofdige Kannon (十一面観音, Jūichimen Kannon), een verschijningsvorm van Kannon, de bodhisattva van mededogen, de kleding rijk versierd met goudpatronen. Houten doos.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    1375 - 1425

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 71 cm x width 29.5 cm
    • height 145 cm x width 44.9 cm
    • width 52.6 mm
    • diameter 67 mm
    • diameter 50 mm
    • height 11 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 11 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Ko-O, Tokio, 1930)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Ko-O, Tokio, ¥ 290, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1930;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • Jan van Campen en Philip Meredith, 'Gerestaureerde rolschilderingen uit China en Japan', Aziatische Kunst 31/3 (2001), pp. 4-35 (no. X).

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