id:			148773
accession number:	1976.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.3
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Avalokitesvara Padmapani:  Bodhisattva of Mercy Bearing a Lotus, c. 1000s. Nepal, 11th century. Bronze with gilding, pigment, and semiprecious stones; overall: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1976.3

title:				Avalokitesvara Padmapani:  Bodhisattva of Mercy Bearing a Lotus
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creation date:			c. 1000s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1099
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Nepal, 11th century
technique:	bronze with gilding, pigment, and semiprecious stones
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	title:		Sacred India
	opening date:   1985-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Sacred India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 295
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n315

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 156–157
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	Fortenberry, Diane, ed.<em> The Art Museum.</em> London; New York: Phaidon Press, 2017.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 214, no. 4
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