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{
    "localId": "445",
    "label": "Standing Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara or Maitreya)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2688"
}

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    "id": "445",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2688",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Standing Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara or Maitreya)",
    "description": "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 broken above and below the fingers, the bodhisattva can be identified as Avalokitesvara. Otherwise, he is likely to be Maitreya.",
    "provenance": "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.",
    "date": "8th century (Dvaravati)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2688",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2688_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_54.2688_Fnt_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20,
            "height": 5.7,
            "depth": 4.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H from block: 7 7/8 × W: 2 1/4 × D: 1 11/16 in. (20 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm); H with tang: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Thai",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "solid cast leaded high-tin bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "945"
    ]
}

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    "mediaId": "89a2d401eceb5f4f"
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