Avalokiteshvara, anonymous, 600 - 800

Identification

Title(s)

Avalokiteshvara

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1415

Description

Beeldje van Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, diadeem en hoofdtooi met daarin mogelijk een boeddha-figuurtje. Oorsierraad, halsketting en sieraden om bovenarmen.

Creation

Artist

maker: anonymous

Place

Sumatra

Dating

600 - 800

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 12 cm × width 3.8 cm × depth 2.1 cm × weight 156 gr

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Jaap Polak, 1989)

Acquisition

loan Mar-1989

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; donated by Jaap Polak, Amsterdam, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, March 1989;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1989

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Divine bronzes : ancient Indonesian bronzes A.D. 600 to 1600 : catalogue of the exhibition organised in collaboration with the Society of Friend of Asiatic Art held in the Department of Asiatic Art, p. 106
Keuze uit de aanwinsten [1991-1], p. 140, afb. 11
Renée Steenbergen, 'Chronology', Aziatische Kunst 40 (2010) nr. 2, p. 25-34, afb. 2.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.2032

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