Description
This Kosodate Kannon is modeled after the stone sculpture of Kosodate Kannon in Koyasu City. The piece was commissioned in 1886 as a retirement present for the former governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Mr. Oki.
Provenance
Mr. Oki, Yokohama, 1886, by commission; Nakamura Sakujido [date and of acquisition unknown]; Sydney L. Moss Ltd. Oriental Art, London, prior to 1998 [mode of acquisition unknown]; M. C. N. Antiques, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by purchase.