Eight-Armed Avalokiteshvara

ca. 12th-13th century (Bàyon)

31 cm 53.5 cm 15.3 cm

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Avalokiteshvara is a bodhisattva, a divine being who is on the path to becoming a Buddha (“Awakened One”) and helps others on the path toward enlightenment. This multi-armed figure is hollow-cast from an alloy of copper and 5% tin, called bronze. Using computed tomography or C...

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Brahmanical Temple (Bot Phram), Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, July 1949 [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 471
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