Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
600s
- Medium
- bronze and silver alloy
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Northeastern Thailand, Khorat Plateau, Buriram Province
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This rare image survives from the early phase of Buddhist sculpture in Southeast Asia. Made in what is known as the Pra Khon 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.
