ID: 700001910 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001910	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Avalokiteshvara (sculpture (visual works); anoniem; 512 CE; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-RAK-1989-2; RM001.collect.916)

Titles:

Avalokiteshvara (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 512 CE

Creator Display:

anoniem [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-RAK-1989-2; RM001.collect.916

Creation: Zhongguo [1000111] (Geographic)

Display Materials: gilded bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

Dimensions: 17.7 cm (height) x 7.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (depth)

Events:

exhibition: L'eredità di Giotto

exhibition: Document Nederland : Op zoek naar Sophie, Hakan en Roderick

Cultures:

(preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Avalokiteshvara [901000085]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	lotus (motif) [300165258]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, plant-derived motifs) (AAT)

	flame [300009910]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, natural element motifs) (AAT)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: aankoop 1989

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Beeld van een staande Avalokitesvara met achter zich een aureool in de vorm van een lotusblad met vlammenrand; sokkel met vier poten.

Sources and Contributors:
Avalokiteshvara	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-RAK-1989-2
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-RAK-1989-2