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