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Kannon and Child
(Japan and Korea )
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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Exhibitions
| 2023-2024 | Meiji Modern. Asia Society, New York; The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston. |
| 2007-2008 | Déjà Vu? Recurrence. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Kyoto
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Yokohama (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 24 11/16 x W: 9 1/2 x D: 9 1/2 in. (62.7 x 24.2 x 24.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2002
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2793