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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in December 2023. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.The Buddhist embodiment of infinite compassion, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is rarely represented in the rajalilasana seated posture, which is more associated with rulers and Hindu gods. Monumental metal sculpture represents the apogee of Khmer artistic production, and this is one of few large-scale images from the Angkor period to have survived intact. In Khmer royal cult practices, a close identification between a ruler and his chosen deity was customary; thus this figure, so unusually seated in a king-like posture, may have been intended to serve as both a representation of the bodhisattva and a portrait of the ruler-patron for whom it was commissioned. If not for the representation of the Amitabha Buddha, the spiritual mentor of Avalokiteshvara, in the elaborately coiffured chignon, this realistic image could be mistaken for a secular portrait.
Deaccessioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art for return to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2023
Deaccessioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art for return to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2023
Artwork Details
- Title: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease
- Period: Angkor period
- Date: late 10th–early 11th century
- Culture: Cambodia
- Medium: Copper alloy, silver inlay
- Dimensions: H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 18 in. (45.7 cm); D. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1992
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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