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Source Description
This locket features two Buddhist deities with different functions. On the left is the "1,000-armed Kannon" (Avalokiteshvara), symbolizing compassion for all living creatures. On the right is a "King of Desire" named Aizen Myoo, with a ferocious facial expression. The lion head over his forehead stands for his capacity to transform lust into pure love. This locket, made to be carried by a Buddhist priest, is likely to have survived because it was part of a sacred deposit inside a large wooden image in a temple.
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Document identity
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21897
label
Locket with Two Buddhist Deities
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Source metadata
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21897
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object
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normalized
title
Locket with Two Buddhist Deities
description
This locket features two Buddhist deities with different functions. On the left is the "1,000-armed Kannon" (Avalokiteshvara), symbolizing compassion for all living creatures. On the right is a "King of Desire" named Aizen Myoo, with a ferocious facial expression. The lion head over his forehead stands for his capacity to transform lust into pure love. This locket, made to be carried by a Buddhist priest, is likely to have survived because it was part of a sacred deposit inside a large wooden image in a temple.
provenance
Wakai Kanesaburo, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 (?); William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
13th century (Kamakura period (1185–1333))
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CC0
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en
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Wood
lockets
religious objects
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4
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4
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import
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H: 2 1/2 (6.3 cm); Open W: 4 3/4 × D: 1/2 in. (12 × 1.2 cm); Closed W: 2 3/8 × D: 15/16 in. (6 × 2.4 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
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Wood (sandalwood), paint, lacquer, copper alloy, gilding
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6194
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JPK
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244
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