Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

1597/98 (year 719 of the era beginning 879)

9.2 cm 21.4 cm 9.1 cm

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The inscription around the base states that this Lokeshvara was commissioned by a Buddhist monk ("bhiksu") for his own use. This may indicate that not only was it used as a personal votive object but that the monk would receive the rewards for having it made. (Usually inscript...

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Ian Alsop, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, December 15, 1980, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.
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