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The style of the figure, with distinctive square shoulders and narrow waist, relates closely to stone sculptures at the Dvaravati period site of Si T'ep, in Petchaburi Province.","physicalDescription":"Small sheet of gold depicting Candra Lokeshvara, a form of the supreme Buddhist saviour, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, envisioned as a planetary deity and specifically as an embodiment of the moon. Both hands are raised, one in the gesture of exposition (<i>vitarka mudrā</i>), the other obscured by damage. The hare depicted in the deity’s nimbus, a reference to literary descriptions linking the hare with the moon, is a rare iconographic feature. The figure’s style is distinctive: square shoulders, a slender waist, and narrow hips set in a gently flexed posture, closely resemble stone sculptures from the Dvaravati site of Si Thep in Phetchabun Province, central Thailand, which dates the gold sheet to the 7th or 8th century.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[{"text":"repousse","id":"AAT54023"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gold repousse","categories":[{"text":"Buddhism","id":"THES48984"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006AV2590"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"47A (VA)","id":"THES49797"},"free":"","case":"CA001","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Figure","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Thailand","id":"x30017"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Si Thep is an archaeologicl site in central Thailand associated with Dvaravati Kingdom (6th to 11th century CE)"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"Late 7th century-8th century","earliest":"0650-01-01","latest":"0800-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"10","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"4.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought from Spink & Son.  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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Costume Institute), c2014 Number: 9781588395245 (MMA), 1588395243 (MMA), 9780300204377 (Yale), 030020437X (Yale), 9786167339481, 6167339481","id":"AUTH332814"},"details":"pp.243-44, cat. no. 149, ill.","free":""}],"production":"Thailand","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Buddhist","id":"AAT73738"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["IS.27-1987"],"accessionNumberNum":"27","accessionNumberPrefix":"IS","accessionYear":1987,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2020MP2172"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-20","recordCreationDate":"2003-07-31","availableToBook":false}}