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    "localId": "25184",
    "label": "Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3006"
}

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    "id": "25184",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3006",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara",
    "description": "Lightly clad and sparsely ornamented, the ascetic bodhisattva is seated in the graceful \"lalitasana\" on a lotus with a prominent calyx and broad petals placed atop a plain rectangular base with molding at the bottom. His right foot rests laterally on a ledge with beaded edge projecting from the base. The slim figure has a long, oval face with large, staring eyes shaded by peaked brows. Long braids of hair frame the face and a fan-shaped crest on top adds a decorative touch. His extended right hand holds a jewel, and the left grasps a stem carrying a flower with a cluster of leaves probably representing the blue lotus.",
    "provenance": "John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.",
    "date": "9th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3006",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.3006_VwB_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 1/8 in. (13 cm)"
}

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    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16154"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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