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A seated figure of Bodhisattva Maitreya without pedestal, left leg pendant, the right hand raised in abhaya mudra, hair dressed high.

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Categories	Sculpture Buddhism Metalwork
Object type	Figure
Title	Figure (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bronze
Brief description	Bronze figure (Bodhisattva Maitreya), Pala style, 20th century copy
Physical description	A seated figure of Bodhisattva Maitreya without pedestal, left leg pendant, the right hand raised in abhaya mudra, hair dressed high.
Dimensions	Height: 20.3cm
Style	Pala
Object history	George Williams, Brighton.
Production	Eastern India
Subject depicted	Buddhist
Bibliographic references	J. Burgess, Anciant monumnets of India, 1911, p.224. Waddell, J.R.A.S., 1894, pl.I. A.S.I.,An.Rep. 1930-34, pl. C(b). Foucher, Iconographic Bouddhique, p.33, fig.2. For Burmese paralless, see Dougla Barrett's letter in RP 58/1599. See also Dr.J.E.Vein Lohrizen's letter included in R.P.'s Cultureel Indie, Vol.I, 1939, p.196 Padmapani Manjusri (Simhanada). Carboniferous slate: N. Indian: circa 10th-12th century A.D. Found at Sultanganj, Bengal, 1863. (1472'85) Birmingham Museum. Irwin, John, C., A Brief Guide to Indian Art, H.M.S.O. 1962 fig. 7
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.27-1958

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Record created	April 4, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O64555/figure-figure-unknown/

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