Ask the Scholar
Page 4 of 4
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
Document 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.
Page data
- Page
- 4
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- c7f3ccaf18f09342
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 21897
- Core
- obj
- Type
- object
DTO data
{
"id": "21897",
"sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.278",
"contentType": "object",
"stage": "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))",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.278",
"rightsUri": "CC0",
"language": "en",
"genreSpecific": [
"Wood",
"lockets",
"religious objects"
],
"iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"imageCount": 4,
"pageCount": 4,
"source": "import",
"dimensionsRaw": "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)"
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "21897",
"label": "Locket with Two Buddhist Deities",
"core": "obj",
"dtoType": "object",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.278"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "21897",
"sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.278",
"contentType": "object",
"stage": "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))",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.278",
"rightsUri": "CC0",
"language": "en",
"genreSpecific": [
"Wood",
"lockets",
"religious objects"
],
"iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"imageCount": 4,
"pageCount": 4,
"source": "import",
"dimensionsRaw": "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)"
}
Document source extras
{
"cul": "Japanese",
"med": "Wood (sandalwood), paint, lacquer, copper alloy, gilding",
"creator_ids": [
"6194"
],
"collection_ids": [
"JPK"
],
"exhibition_ids": [
"244"
]
}
Page context
{
"seq": 4,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_61.278_Opn_TR_T97.jpg",
"mediaId": "c7f3ccaf18f09342"
}