Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, second half of the 7th century, Southern Thailand, Sandstone, H. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Sculpture, This bodhisattva of compassion is represented as an ascetic, dressed in a waistcloth secured with a cord, the details incised into the contours of his torso. He has a flayed antelope skin (ajina) across his left shoulder, an attribute of the earliest representations of this bodhisattva in early seventh-century northern India
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Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara, second half, 7th century, Southern Thailand, Sandstone, H, 17 3/4, 45.1 cm, W, 5, 14.6, D, 2 7/8, 7.3, Sculpture, bodhisattva, compassion, represented, ascetic, dressed, waistcloth secured, cord, details incised, contours, torso, flayed antelope, skin, ajina, across, left shoulder, attribute, earliest representations, early seventh-century, northern, India
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