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Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)

12th century
Not on view
The kakebotoke is a round metal or wooden disk with a separately made or repoussé (hammered from the rear) image of a Shinto or Buddhist deity imposed upon it. This unusually large example features a gilt repoussé image of the bodhisattva Jizō. The figure, lotus throne, and double halo are all separately modeled by hammering and are attached to the disk with small nails, a technique of the late Heian period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 地蔵菩薩懸仏
  • Title: Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)
  • Period: Heian period (794–1185)
  • Date: 12th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Diam. 14 in. (35.6 cm);
    Image on disc: H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, Rogers Fund, and Gifts of Hartwell J. Staples, Major General R. B. Woodruff, and Germain Leao Velloso, in memory of her husband, Ambassador Pedro Leao Velloso, by exchange, 1985
  • Object Number: 1985.12
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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