id:			149036
accession number:	1977.178
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.178
updated:		2023-01-11 04:31:03.576000

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 600s. Northern Thailand, Buriram Province. Bronze and silver alloy; overall: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1977.178

title:				Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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creation date:			600s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		699
current location:		243 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
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culture:	Northern Thailand, Buriram Province
technique:	bronze and silver alloy
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Monogram Antiques, Connie Mangskau [1907–1990], Bangkok, Thailand)
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	Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920–2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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wall description:
This rare image survives from the early phase of Buddhist sculpture in Southeast Asia. Made in what is known as the Pra Khon Chai style, it has the characteristic sensitivity of expression, slender physique, and looped locks of hair. This figure once held a lotus flower in the right hand and flask in the left—identifying features of Avalokiteshvara in this region.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Annual Report for 1977." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 192
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159587

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IMAGES

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