id:			145429
accession number:	1970.79
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.79
updated:		2025-02-09 03:32:47.683000

Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon), 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Hanging scroll; color and cut gold (kirikane) on silk; overall: 106.7 x 39.7 cm (42 x 15 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1970.79

title:				Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon)
title in original language:	十一面観音菩薩像
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	hanging scroll; color and cut gold (kirikane) on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 106.7 x 39.7 cm (42 x 15 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Restoration at Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
	opening date:   1997-05-22T00:00:00
	<i>Restoration at Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties</i>. Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties (organizer) (May 22, 1997-April 28, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 24, 2013-July 21, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-24T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1970." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 2 (1971): 22-71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 56
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152361

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 372
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n392

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