The Bodhisattva Kannon
At the Met (Meter Museum of Art) :
The Bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)
Heian period (794-1185), mid-11th century
Cypress wood
Kannon is a compassionate bodhisattva and one of the most popular and most frequently depicted deities in Japanese Buddhism. Here he wears flowing robes and is draped with sashes. Originally, its surface would have been decorated with layers of lacquer, pigments, and most likely gold leaf.
--- The Met
The Bodhisattva Kannon
At the Met (Meter Museum of Art) :
The Bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)
Heian period (794-1185), mid-11th century
Cypress wood
Kannon is a compassionate bodhisattva and one of the most popular and most frequently depicted deities in Japanese Buddhism. Here he wears flowing robes and is draped with sashes. Originally, its surface would have been decorated with layers of lacquer, pigments, and most likely gold leaf.
--- The Met