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Zaō Gongen, 1100s. Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised details, Overall: 25.8 x 17.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 in.). The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1986.47. CC0.
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.