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Head of a Buddha, probably a ‘kebutsu’ (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara

Japanese

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Head of a Buddha, probably a ‘kebutsu’ (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara
13th century
Japanese
gilt wood
3 1/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7.8 x 4.4 x 4.6 cm);
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1973/2.38

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Subject Matter:

Buddha, as a 'kebutsu' (transformation body): probably one of eleven heads that originally adorned the crown of an image of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Japanese, Kannon)

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