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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

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 view
ClassificationsSculpture
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)
12th or 13th century
Vajrapani
9th century
Bird Cage Hook
6th century
Parsvanatha
A.D. 1453
Group shot: 21.1652, 21.1653
a) 10th–12th century, b) 11th century
Uma
16th century
Uma
12th–14th century
Siva as Candra-Sekhara
14th century (?)
Group shot: 21.1834, 11.61
14th–16th century and 18th century
Parvati
10th century