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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Meditation
Kushan period, 2nd century
Mottled red sandstone
Height 67.4 cm (26 9/16 in)
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Provenanace
Tresoldi Family, Locarno, Switzerland, prior 1965 Anna Maria Rossi, Italy, acquired 1970 Galleria Galatea,Turin/GAI, Gamma International establishment, Liechtenstein, 1975 The Kronos Collections, acquired 23rd October 1978
Exhibited

"The Flame and the Lotus, Indian and Southeast Asian Art from The Kronos Collections," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 20, 1984-March 3, 1985

"Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India," Cleveland Museum of Art, November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986; Asia Society, New York, February 13-April 6, 1986; Seattle Art Museum, May 8-July 13, 1986

Publications

Martin Lerner, The Flame and the Lotus, Indian and Southeast Asian Art from The Kronos Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, New York, 1984, no. 7

Stanislaw J. Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India, Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, 1985, no. 19