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Avalokitesvara

12th century
Medium/TechniqueBronze and lacquer with traces of gilding
Dimensions46.8 x 12 cm (18 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.264
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1920, Ananda K.Coomaraswamy (b. 1877 - d. 1947), Japan; 1921,sold by Ananda K.Coomaraswamy to the MFA for $619.50. (Accession Date: March 3, 1921)
Daoist figure
16th century
probably 17th century
17th century
Bust of Cleopatra
Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi
about 1519–22
Contorniate with bust of Trajan
Mid–late 4th century A.D.
12th century
Artist Unknown
about 1800