White-robed Kannon

Object Details

• Artist

  Mokuan Reien (fl. ca. 1326-45)

• Provenance

  At least 1966-1968

  N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1968

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object file for copy of Freer Gallery of Art vault record no. V138.66, showing that the object, described as “Painting, “Kannon on a rock,” attr. to Mokuan” was received by the Freer on December 6, 1966, from N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York.

  [2] See object file for copy of N. V. Hammer, Inc., invoice to the Freer Gallery of Art, dated July 10, 1968, and approved by the Secretary on May 31, 1967.

  Research updated August 11, 2023

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

  Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

  Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

  Japanese Art: Recent Accessions (June 27, 1972 to May 2, 1973)

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  N.V. Hammer, Inc.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Kannon, Japanese Art, Bodhisattva, Halo, Kakemono

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings