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Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, 7th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, 7th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir) or Pakistan (Swat Valley), Bronze inlaid with silver, H. 7 1/8 in. ( cm), Sculpture, The messianic savior Maitreya is identified by the flask he holds in his lower hand. He is seated in a yogic posture on a double-lotus cushion and extends spiritual protection to believers with his raised hand, here displayed with the palm facing inwards, not outwards as is conventional
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