The Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, Thakuri period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy with gilding and color, H. 26 in. (66 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm), Sculpture, Maitreya, the messianic bodhisattva characterized as the Buddha of the Future, stands in a graciously exaggerated posture, the body beautifully counterbalanced. He holds his raised hand in the gesture of exposition (vitarka mudra) and in his lowered hand displays a flask (kamandalu) universally understood in South Asian culture as the container of amrta, the elixir of life
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Bodhisattva Maitreya, Buddha, Future, Thakuri period, 11th century, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Copper alloy, gilding, color, H, 26, 66 cm, W, 8 1/4, 20.9, Sculpture, Maitreya, messianic bodhisattva characterized, stands, graciously exaggerated, posture, body beautifully, counterbalanced, holds, raised hand, gesture, exposition, vitarka mudra, lowered displays, flask, kamandalu, universally understood, South Asian, culture, container, amrta, elixir, life
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