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Source Description
The last great king of Angkor, Jayavarman VII, turned away from the Hinduism of his predecessors and adopted Mahayana ("great vehicle") Buddhism. He thought of the bodhisattva (eventual Buddha) Avalokiteshvara, embodiment of compassion, as his spiritual father and identified his own father with him. Avalokiteshvara has a small image of the Buddha of the western paradise on his headdress.
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Document identity
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13127
label
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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13127
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normalized
title
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
description
The last great king of Angkor, Jayavarman VII, turned away from the Hinduism of his predecessors and adopted Mahayana ("great vehicle") Buddhism. He thought of the bodhisattva (eventual Buddha) Avalokiteshvara, embodiment of compassion, as his spiritual father and identified his own father with him. Avalokiteshvara has a small image of the Buddha of the western paradise on his headdress.
provenance
New Road, Bangkok, prior to August 1949; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, August 1949, by purchase [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 458]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
date
ca. 1280s (Bayon)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
sculpture (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
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cm
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8
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16
dimensionsRaw
3 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. (8 x 16 cm)with tang 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Source extras
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Cambodian
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Angkor Wat
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none
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bronze
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2147
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SEA
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945
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1
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0
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photo
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