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Byaku-e Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

(Japanese, 1788–1878)
1860s–1870s
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
DimensionsImage: 98.4 x 39.2 cm (38 3/4 x 15 7/16 in.)
Overall: 181 x 57 cm (71 1/4 x 22 7/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4780
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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 of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)
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