COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_09262
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Date:
11th century
Date type:
creation
Repository name:
Freer Gallery of Art
Repository name variant:
Smithsonian Institution. Freer Gallery of Art
Repository location:
Washington, D.C.
Repository_inventory_ number:
F2001.2a-d
Style_Period:
Tibeto-Kashmiri style
Subject:
Bodhisattvas
Subject:
lotus (motif)
Subject:
skirts (garments)
Subject:
jewelry
Subject:
tribhanga (pose, body position)
Subject:
crowns (headdresses)
Subject:
prayer beads
Culture:
Tibetan
Culture:
Kashmiri
Culture:
Buddhism
Category:
Sculpture and Installations
Work_type:
sculpture (visual work)
Material_Technique:
brass alloy with copper and tin inlay, colored wax, traces of gilding and pigment
Measurement:
82.3 x 32.1 x 21.6 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
The sculpture was created for a Tibetan monastery and is attributed to Mati, an artist from Kashmir (located in present-day northwest India).
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09262.JPG
