Sacred Art & Iconography
Avalokiteshvara Padmapani (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974.273)
Bronze inlaid with silver and copper, 7th century, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1974.273
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A bronze figure inlaid with silver and copper, 7th century, from the Swat Valley of Pakistan, showing Avalokiteshvara in his Padmapani, lotus-bearing, form. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 1974.273, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1974, a Met highlight object.
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Date of Creation RegionSwat Valley (Gandharan cultural sphere) 1 Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectAvalokiteshvara Padmapani, the bodhisattva of compassion, shown holding a lotus 1 Custody
Current LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Current CustodianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Custody HistoryHarris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1974 1 Attributions
TraditionBuddhism (Mahayana bodhisattva devotion) 1 Physical Form
MediumBronze inlaid with silver and copper 1 DimensionsH. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) 1 Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and CopyrightThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has designated this work as being in the public domain and makes it available through its Open Access policy; no permission is required for reproduction. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Avalokiteshvara directly: "the Swat Valley of Pakistan, showing Avalokiteshvara in his Padmapani, lotus-bearing, form."
This source names Pakistan directly: "7th century, from the Swat Valley of Pakistan, showing Avalokiteshvara in his Padmapani, lotus-bearing, form."
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The Met's own collection API title and its own subject tags both name Avalokiteshvara directly as this bronze figure's subject, in his Padmapani form, the epithet corroborated by the canonical dharani mantra the Wikipedia record quotes. Written to the character register (1760), distinct from the deity register (3024), which already carries a depicts edge to a different work.
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