The Bodhisattva Padmapani Lokeshvara
Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist · 11th–12th century
Palette
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Details
- Artist
- Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist
- Date
- 11th–12th century
- Type
- Decorative arts & sculpture
- Medium
- Copper alloy with gilding and semiprecious stones
- Size
- H. 23 in. (58.4 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (25.7 cm); D. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
- Place
- Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
- Period
- 10th century
- Main colour
- Grey · lightness 61, colourfulness 6
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequests of Mary Clarke Thompson, Fanny Shapiro, Susan Dwight Bliss, Isaac D. Fletcher, William Gedney Beatty, John L. Cadwalader and Kate Read Blacque, Gifts of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, Ida H. Ogilvie, Samuel T. Peters and H. R. Bishop, F. C. Bishop and O. M. Bishop, Rogers, Seymour and Fletcher Funds, and other gifts, funds and bequests from various donors, by exchange, 1982. Museum record.
Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0.
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