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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon) by Charles Lang Freer, Tanaka — VisualArtsDB

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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)

Charles Lang Freer Tanaka

900

Medium: Wood with lacquer and gilding
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Heian period (794 - 1185)woodJapanese ArtlacquerArtCharles Lang Freer collectionKannongilding

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The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon).

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