地蔵菩薩懸仏|Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)

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12th century · Bronze · Asian Art

The kakebotoke is a round metal or wooden disk with a separately made or repoussé (hammered from the rear) image of a Shinto or Buddhist deity imposed upon it. This unusually large example features a gilt repoussé image of the bodhisattva Jizō. The figure, lotus throne, and double halo are all separately modeled by hammering and are attached to the disk with small nails, a technique of the late Heian period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

12th century

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, Rogers Fund, and Gifts of Hartwell J. Staples, Major General R. B. Woodruff, and Germain Leao Velloso, in memory of her husband, Ambassador Pedro Leao Velloso, by exchange, 1985