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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1880.376
Description
Figure (Bodhisattva Arya Avalokiteśvara). Figure of Avalokiteśvara with eight arms and ten heads standing on a separate lotus base. Made of gilded and pigmented bronze.
School/style
Sino-Tibetan Style
Production date
18thC-19thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Tibet
Materials
bronze
gold
Technique
gilded
pigmented
Dimensions
Height:
33.20 centimetres
Width:
16.20 centimetres
Depth:
11.70 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Zwalf 1981 / Heritage of Tibet
(fig 17)
Willis 1999 / Tibet: Life, Myth and Art
(p. 3)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2010/11 14 Oct- 3 Apr, London BM, Images and Sacred Texts: Buddhism across Asia
Subjects
bodhisattva
Associated names
Representation of:
Avalokiteśvara/Guanyin/Kannon
Department
Asia
Registration number
1880.376
Conservation
Treatment
: 20 Jul 2010