# Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)

- By: Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Swat Valley)
- Date: 8th/9th century
- Medium: Brass inlaid with silver
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 15.9 × 10.3 × 6 cm (6 1/4 × 4 1/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Swat
- Credit line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/153518)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7bf07ee9-a96a-a920-cc31-609c930e0eba/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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