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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon)

1100s

Japan, Heian period

(794–1185) to Kamakura period (1185–1333)
bronze
Average: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman 1960.279
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1960
    Mrs. John Lyon [Georgia Forman Elliott] Collyer [1898–1994], Akron, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1960–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Perkins, Larry David, Michael J. Bennett, Oleg Grabar, Robin Poynor, Dorothy C. Wong, and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie. Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art through the Ages. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 2000. Mentioned: 33, p. 29, p. 74
  • Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL (organizer) (July 16, 2000-January 14, 2001).
  • {{cite web|title=Eleven-Headed Kannon (Jūichimen Kannon)|url=false|author=|year=1100s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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