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| Keywords: Cambodian - The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara - Walters 542689.jpg The last great king of Angkor Jayavarman VII turned away from the Hinduism of his predecessors and adopted Mahayana great vehicle Buddhism He thought of the bodhisattva eventual Buddha Avalokiteshvara embodiment of compassion as his spiritual father and identified his own father with him Avalokiteshvara has a small image of the Buddha of the western paradise on his headdress ca 1280 1290 bronze cm 8 16 with tang cm 18 3 accession number 54 2689 13127 New Road Bangkok prior to August 1949 Alexander B Griswold Monkton August 1949 by purchase presented to the Breezewood Foundation December 1960 inv no 458 Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of A B Griswold 1992 inscription no inscription Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Angkor Cambodia Walters Art Museum license Southeast Asian art in the Walters Art Museum Avalokiteshvara statues Sculptures from Cambodia Post-Bayon style | ||||
