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Standing Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara or Maitreya)
(Southeast Asia )
The small scale of this standing image of solid cast leaded high-tin bronze allowed a metal worker to easily cast it as one solid piece. It appears as if the figure’s left hand once held a flask, which is an attribute of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Otherwise, the figure is likely to be Maitreya. He is the Buddha of the Future and is also frequently depicted as a bodhisattva.
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Provenance
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Private collection (formerly Nakhon Pathom), prior to September 1948; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, September 1948 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 141]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H from block: 7 7/8 × W: 2 1/4 × D: 1 11/16 in. (20 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm); H with tang: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2688