Standing Avalokiteshvara
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2001
- Dimensions
- 83 cm high
- Vendor
- Dr. John Siudmak
The sculpture represents Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist Bodhisattva of compassion who has a wide cult following in Asia.
It comes from eastern India, an important centre of Buddhist thought and monasticism in the late medieval period.
Provenance
Maurice Goldman collection, 1950; acquired by the vendor at Christie's, 1996.