Description
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.
Provenance
(Shunichi Yabumoto Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1986); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1986-)
Accession Number
1986.47
Medium
Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details
Dimensions
Overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.)
Classification
Metalwork
Credit Line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
