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Standing Avalokitesvara

금동 관음보살 입상 (金銅觀音菩薩立像)

700s
(668-935)
Gilt-bronze
Overall: 18.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm (7 5/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1998.80
Location: not on view
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Created during the Unified Silla period, a high point of the spread of Buddhist teachings, this kind of miniature gilt-bronze statue was often used as a portable object of devotion by traveling Buddhist monks.

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This small gilt-bronze statue represents the Bodhisattva of Compassion (관음보살 in Korean), an enlightened being who helps devotees on their path. It features two prominent attributes: a water sprinkler (kundika in Sanskrit) and a miniature image of Buddha Amitābha in its jeweled crown. Its sweet and gentle smile accentuates this celestial being’s immeasurable compassion for human suffering.

Standing Avalokitesvara

700s

Korea, Unified Silla period (668-935)

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