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    "localId": "18465",
    "label": "Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3027"
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    "title": "Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara",
    "description": "Avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva of compassion, smiles reassuringly as he holds a lotus and makes the gesture of giving. He is also known as “Padmapani,” the one with the lotus (\"padma\") in his hand (\"pani\").",
    "provenance": "Trocadero Gallery, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, September 30, 1980, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2006, by gift.",
    "date": "10th-11th century",
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    "dimensions": [
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            "width": 18.5,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 5/16 × W: 3 1/16 × D: 1 3/4 in. (18.5 × 7.7 × 4.5 cm)"
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