Horse-Headed Kannon (Batō Kannon), early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Wood; overall: cm (43 9/16 in.); base: 28 cm (11 in.); figure: cm (32 1/2 in.). Bato Kannon is the "Horse-Headed" Avalokitesvara, or Bodhisattva of Compassion, who presides over the realm of animals in the Buddhist Six Realms of Existence.

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