Batô Kannon, the Horse-Headed Bodhisattva of Compassion
12th century
Medium/TechniquePanel; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
DimensionsImage: 166.1 x 82.7 cm (65 3/8 x 32 9/16 in.)
Framed: 190.5 x 93.3 cm (75 x 36 3/4 in.)
Framed: 190.5 x 93.3 cm (75 x 36 3/4 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4035
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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 MFA.
late 12th century
first half of the 13th century
first half of the 13th century
beginning of the 13th century
12th century
15th–16th centuries
13th century
13th century