Standing Padmapani (Avalokitesvara)
CultureIndian
Date10th century C.E.
MediumDark bronze; eyes inlaid with silver
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/16 × 3 1/2 inches (25.64 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number54-74
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Exhibition HistoryNo additional exhibition history known at this time.
Padmapani (the "lotus bearer") is a form of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, one of the key figures in the Buddhist religion. Recognized as a great bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara (literally "the Lord who looks down") has attained enlightenment like a Buddha, but has chosen to stay on earth to help struggling mankind gain release. This slender figure stands in a graceful triple-bend posture on a lotus pedestal against a halo and mandorla with a lotus flower (padma) in his left hand.
With Nasli Heerameneck, New York, by 1954;
Purchased from Nasli Heerameneck by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1954.
Douglas Barrett, “Bronzes from Northwest India and Western Pakistan,” in Lalit Kala no. 11 (April 1962): 41, 43, 44, fig. 25, (repro).
Sadashiv Gorakshkar, “Three Metal Sculptures from Kashmir,” in The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India no. 11 (1971): 39.
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