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The depiction of the garment has been reduced to a few etched lines on the thigh, midriff and the left arm","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"bronze","id":"AAT10957"}],"techniques":[{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bronze (leaded copper-zinc-tin alloy)","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Buddhism","id":"THES48984"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[{"text":"post-Gandharan style","id":"x32287"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2020MR3453"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"009","id":"THES371830"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Figure","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Swat Valley","id":"x35776"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"5th century-6th century","earliest":"0400-01-01","latest":"0600-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"10.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"5.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"1.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from Spink and Son Limited","historicalContext":"This figure is related to those associated with the post Gandharan style of the Swat valley.","briefDescription":"Avalokitesvara (Padmapani), 5th-6th century AD, bronze, Gandhara.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"\r\nU. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes 1981, pl.5B."},{"reference":{"text":"The Crossroads of Asia : transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan / edited by Elizabeth Errington and Joe Cribb with Maggie Claringbull. 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