Home›Sources›Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-avalokiteshvara-tara-bhrikuti-1987-142-22.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-avalokiteshvara-tara-bhrikuti-1987-142-22Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-standing-four-armed-avalokiteshvara-flan, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-avalokiteshvara-tara-bhrikuti-1987-142-22}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?)," a bronze with silver inlay, Indonesia (Java), second half of the 9th to early 10th century, Asian Art department. Accession number 1987.142.22.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (17 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned bronze, the strongest available record for its culture, date and accession number. The museum's own title hedges the third figure's identity with a question mark, so this record itself is the basis for treating the identification as uncertain rather than settled.CitationPublisherWell-attestedMetropolitan Museum of ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39036Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAvalokiteshvara, Deities Well-attested This source names Avalokiteshvara directly: "API record for "Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?)," a bronze with silver inlay, Indonesia (Java), second half of the 9th to early 10th century, Asian Art department."Source Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Bhrikuti, Figures Well-attested This source names Bhrikuti directly: "Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?)," a bronze with silver inlay, Indonesia (Java), second half of the 9th to early 10th century, Asian Art department."Source Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Indonesia, Countries Well-attested This source names Indonesia directly: "a bronze with silver inlay, Indonesia (Java), second half of the 9th to early 10th century, Asian Art department."Source Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Tara, Deities Well-attested This source names Tara directly: "Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?)," a bronze with silver inlay, Indonesia (Java), second half of the 9th to early 10th century, Asian Art department."Source Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested7Sacred Art & IconographyStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987.142.22)SourcesStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Holds7Sacred Art & IconographyStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987.142.22)SourcesStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?), accession 1987.142.22 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Connected2Sacred Art & IconographyStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987.142.22)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyStanding Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Tara and Bhrikuti(?) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987.142.22)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year