figure
- Museum number
- 1939,0117.6
- Description
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A standing figure of the bodhisattva Padmapani standing on a lotus all within a fiery halo.
- Production date
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8thC(late)
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11thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.30 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G33/dc58a/s1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1994, Kyoto National Museum, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
1994, Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- Bought from the collection of the late John Whitehead at Sotheby's sale of the 5th December, 1938, lots 8, 44,51,63.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1939,0117.6