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1956.12.23

Gilded and painted clay figure of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvatu.

1956.12.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Gilded and painted clay figure of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvatu.
Geographical reference
Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Herbert Henery Coghlan
PRM source Newbury Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1956
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Gilt Metal, Material Clay, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Gilded
Dimensions
Length x Width 74 x 40 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1956.12.23 Other numbers: Newbury no. O.A. 224.
Research and responses

It seems more likely that this is lacquered, not painted, and that 'Avalokiteshvatu' refers to AVALOKITESVARA (also spelt AVALOKITESHVARA), one of the more popular Bodhisattvas. SHD.

Search terms: Figure, Religion, Pottery, Religious Object

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