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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Central Java
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Java
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Indonesia
- Period
- Central Javanese period → Indonesia
- Date
- 8th century
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- copper alloy, traces of gold leaf
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm; 15.2 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm object with stand
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 2000
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 2.2000
- Copyright
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About
The standing Avalokiteshvara is of a Central Javanese style but made of a very dark bronze. Avalokiteshvara is depicted holding a book (pustaka) in his left hand and with his right hand in 'varada mudra', the gesture of granting grace. He wears a simple sarong tied at the waist and wears little ornament except for a necklace and the sacred thread (upavita). The proportions of this figure are long and elegant and the slightly square face is crowned by a tall and distinctively styled hairdo (jatamukuta) recalling the South Indian influence.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 16 February 2000.
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Places
Where the work was made
Central Java
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Walking with gods, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jun 2019–05 Jan 2020
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 338 (colour illus.).
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Pratapaditya Pal, Orientations, 'Sensuous Spirituality: Hindu and Buddhist Art from the Indic Cultural Realm', pg. 80-87, Hong Kong, Sep 2000, 84 (illus.; colour illus.). fig.7 and 7a
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Provenance
Alex Biancardi, pre Nov 1988, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia
Danny Biancardi, Nov 1988-Feb 2000, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, by descent. Purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000.