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Standing Avalokitesvara

Sri Lankan (Sculptor)
7th-8th century (Dvaravati)
hollow cast leaded bronze
(Southeast Asia )

This image is likely to have been an early import from Sri Lanka. An antelope skin has been thrown over the left shoulder.

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Provenance
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Nakhon Kasem, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, August 1949, by purchase [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1985, inv. no. 858]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1995 Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Sri Lanka (Place of Origin)

Measurements

9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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54.2826

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
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410-547-9000

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