The Bodhisattva Padmapani, anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400

bronze, precious and semiprecious stones, h 29.2cm × w 8.8cm × d 5.4cm More details

Padmapani (‘he with the lotus in hand’) is a form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. The lotus, now missing, would probably have been held in his left hand.

Identification

Title(s)

The Bodhisattva Padmapani
The bodhisattva Padmapani

Object type

figure

Object number

AK-MAK-1298

Description

Padmapani-Avalokitesvara, ingelegd met edelstenen.

Creation

Artist

brazier: anonymous

Place

Nepal

Dating

c. 1300 - c. 1400

Material and Technique

Physical features

bronze, precious and semiprecious stones

Material

Technique

gilding

Measurements

h 29.2 cm × w 8.8 cm × d 5.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Polak Works of Art, 1978)

Acquisition

loan 1978

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Jaap Polak, Amsterdam, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, by the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1978;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1978

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Asiatic art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p. 146, cat.nr. 159
Aziatische kunst uit het bezit van leden [van de] Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1918-1978, omslag
Avalokiteshvara, Nepal, 14de-15de eeuw
‘Keuze uit de aanwinsten van de afdeling Aziatische Kunst’, Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 28 (1980), p. 82, afb. 20.
Mededelingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst (juni 1978), p. 3-4.
Vereniging Rembrandt, Verslag over 1978, p. 54-55.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.2254

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