The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
8th century
Object PlaceSri Lanka
Medium/TechniqueBronze
Dimensions15.24 cm (6 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2312
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1909, purchased in Sri Lanka by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)
18th century
16th–17th century
12th or 13th century
9th century
6th century
A.D. 1453
a) 10th–12th century, b) 11th century
16th century
12th–14th century
13th century
about 1800