Zaō Gongen
1100s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Zaō Gongen, 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details; overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1986.47 Zaō Gongen is the deity of Mount Kinpu, in the Yoshino Mountains south of Nara. This fragment is from a votive mirror called a kakebotoke with metal fittings at the top through which a cord could be used to hang it. This votive mirror would have been hung in a temple or shrine.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1986.47
- Credit Line
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018, Shinto: Discovering the Divine in Japanese Art 神道－日本美術における神性の発見
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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