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Avalokiteśvara   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (China)Unknown author 1600-1800
Title
Avalokiteśvara
label QS:Lja,"聖観音"
label QS:Lnl,"Avalokitesvara"
label QS:Lhi,"अवलोकितेश्वर"
label QS:Lde,"Avalokiteshvara"
label QS:Len,"Avalokiteśvara"
label QS:Lar,"أفالوكيتسافارا"
label QS:Lzh,"觀世音菩薩"
label QS:Laf,"Avalokitesvara"
Description
Figure of the Avalokiteshvara, a thousand-armed Bodhisattva, for the Tibetan market.
Date Between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium bronze, gilt, semi-precious stone and pigment
Dimensions 115 × 72.5 × 45.5 cm (45.2 × 28.5 × 17.9 in)
institution QS:P195,Q1464509
Current location
NGV International, 1st floor, Asian Art
Accession number
1485-D5
Place of creation China (?)
Object history 1966: acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (?)
Credit line Felton Bequest, 1966
References National Gallery of Victoria Collection Online, entry 52771, as TIBETO-CHINESE, Avalokiteshvara, between 17th century and 18th century
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Source/Photographer Ninad Katyare

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