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Avalokiteshvara
c. 750 - c. 900
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 79 cm x width 29.6 cm x depth 17.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the SponsorBingo Loterij
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This statue is one of a series of large, bronze Buddhist images found in northeast Thailand. Avalokiteshvara is recognizable by his hairstyle, a tower of curls in which a figure of the Buddha Amitabha is seen meditating. This statue has recently been cleaned and restored to reveal the original patina. Its silvery appearance is due to the high tin content of the bronze.
