Bronze Avalokiteshvara

Type of artwork	Sculpture
Village	National Museum
Province/City	Jakarta
State	Western Java
Country	Indonesia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : -6.176944 Long : 106.821944

History of production	-
Art	Large Bronze Sculptures in central Javanese arts are probably created for worship. They are different from the small bronze sculptures that may have been a monk's personal sculptures. Many of large bronze sculptures have been found in Javanese art. They have also been found in the art of Srivijaya. The costume of this sculpture is similar to the art of Pala; for example, Sam-tap crown, a double necklace with pearls and diamonds, a belt with hanging garland in the front and the tip is in the shape of Bo leaf.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Mid Central Javanese Art
Age	13th-15th century BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Mahayana
Religion and belief	Avalokitesvara is the Buddha of the current Eon. He is holding a lotus flower in his hand hence his other name is Pattama Pani. Sometimes he appeared with the Buddha and Vatchara Prani Bodhisattva.
Related artwork	Amitabha, the special deity, is on the bun of the sculpture and this is the important iconography of Avalokitesvara.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali