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# Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara

Standing figure of Bodhisattva, carved in ivory. A three-leafed crown fronts the elaborately-arranged coiffure. Heavy earrings of square section. Upper body nude. From the girdle hangs a conventionally rendered skirt. A broad sash is round the loins, pressed down by the left hand. The right forearm is missing.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-382-1914](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-382-1914) · Pramāṇa
