Standing Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara or Maitreya)

8th century (Dvaravati)

5.7 cm 20 cm 4.3 cm

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The legs stand apart, the right foot turns slightly outwards, and the torso is subtly tilted: all these elements suggest imminent movement and- rather than presenting a self-contained gracefulness- offer involvement. If in the left hand there was once a flask that has been br...

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Private collection (formerly Nakhon Pathom), prior to September 1948; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, September 1948 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 141]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
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