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Kannon

Unknown artist, c. 1868–1912

75 cm × 2.28 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.3 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.28 m
Width: 75 cm
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; inscription in gold ink on silk
Kind: Painting
Made in: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 227.9 x 75 cm (89 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 75 cm × 2.28 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1868–1912. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund.
How was it made?: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; inscription in gold ink on silk, made in Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.