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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Description

This rare image survives from the early phase of Buddhist sculpture in Southeast Asia. Made in what is known as the Pra Kon Chai style, it has the characteristic sensitivity of expression, slender physique, and looped locks of hair.

This figure once held a lotus flower in the right hand and flask in the left--identifying features of Avalokiteshvara in this region.
Date 600
Medium Bronze and silver alloy
Dimensions Overall: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Indian and South East Asian Art
Accession number
1977.178
Place of creation Northern Thailand, Buriram Province, Pre-Angkorean Period, 7th Century
Credit line Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.178

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