The Bodhisattva Padmapani Lokeshvara, Transitional period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy with gilding and

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The Bodhisattva Padmapani Lokeshvara, Transitional period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy with gilding and semiprecious stones, H. 23 in. ( cm); W. 10 1/2 in. ( cm); D. 4 3/4 in. ( 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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