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View full screenFigure of Avalokitesvara in black stone seated on a lotus throne, richly adorned and robed and wearing a crown, in the attitude of kingly ease: South Asia, India, Bengal, Pala period, 10th to 11th century
A.1956.565
Sculpture / figure / Avalokitesvara
Bihar, India, South Asia
10th - 11th century
Buddhist
Stone, black
Depicted: Avalokitesvara
Previous owner: Royal Society of Edinburgh
Previous owner: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Original donor: Simpson, Francis, Colonel, 1800 - 1831 (fl.)
Cadell, William Archibald, 1775 - 1855
Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Cadell, W.A. (Read March 6. 1820). 'Description of some Indian Idols in the Museum of the Society' in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 9, pp.381-392, illust. in Pl. XXIV, fig. 3 'Suria, The Sun' Drawn & Engd. by W. H. Lizars
Waterson, Charles D. 1997. Collections in Context: The Museum of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Inception of a National Museum for Scotland. NMS Publications. Illust. p.51, Fig 9
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