A Buddhist Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)
A Buddhist Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)

KAMAKURA PERIOD (13TH CENTURY), DATED ON THE REVERSE IN BLACK INK SHOAN GAN'NEN .... KINOTO-I ROKU GATSU YOKA (EIGHTH DAY IN THE SIXTH MONTH OF SHOAN [1299] AND INSCRIBED GANSHU RIKISO

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A Buddhist Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)
Kamakura period (13th century), dated on the reverse in black ink Shoan gan'nen .... kinoto-i roku gatsu yoka (Eighth day in the sixth month of Shoan [1299] and inscribed Ganshu Rikiso
Circular wood panel mounted with a bronze figure of Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaisajyaguru) seated on a lotus pedestal, the arms separately cast and the right hand in a gesture of fearlessness and the right hand with a medicine jar, the panel fitted with a gilt-bronze frame and bosses around the edge alternating in two and three, with beast-mask hangers
23¼in. (59cm.) diameter

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