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Bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, seated in lalitasana and holding a lotus bud in the left hand: part of a Buddhist altar group

Chinese

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Bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, seated in lalitasana and holding a lotus bud in the left hand: part of a Buddhist altar group
618-907
Chinese
gilt bronze
4 5/8 in. x 1 3/4 in. x 1 3/8 in. ( 11.7 cm x 4.4 cm x 3.5 cm )
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.71

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Subject Matter:

A seated figure of a bodhisattva (a "wisdom being" in Mahayana Buddhism), possibly Padmapani ("lotus-bearer"), originally part of an altarpiece.

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