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Cosmic Form of The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvaracirca 12th century

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Cosmic Form of The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Place Made: Tibet
Date Made: circa 12th century
Medium: Brass inlaid with silver, copper, turquoise, gemstones, and glass
Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. (11.74 x 7.62 x 5.39 cm)
Credit Line: From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number: M.72.1.7
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography: Huntington, Susan L. and John C.. Huntington. Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th - 12th centuries) and Its International Legacy. Dayton, OH: The Dayton Art Institute in Association with the University of Washington Press, 1990.
Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.
Trabold, J. The Art of India, An Historical Profile. Northridge, CA: California State University Press, 1975.
Leoshko, Janice. Sacred Traces: British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003.
Pal, Pratapaditya. "Cosmic Vision and Buddhist Images." Art International vol. XXV, no. 1-2 (1982): 8-40.
Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.