Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with Four Arms Artist: Unknown

early 9th century C.E.

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

8 × 2 1/8 × 1 in. (20.3 × 5.4 × 2.5 cm)
Width of body from widest point to extended hand: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1954

Accession Number

2021.55.2

Geography

Java, Indonesia

Culture

Javanese

Period

Early Kingdoms period (500–1377)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Trade, Germany, by 1991 or 1992; sold to Spink and Son, London, 1991 or 1992 [see note 1]; sold to Deirdre Pirie (1937–2016) and Robert S. Pirie (1934–2015) [see note 2]; sale, Christie's, New York, March 22, 2000, lot 159; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), New York, March 22, 2000 (Kinney inv. no. 87) (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–21); given to the Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: According to information provided by Jane Hoskins-Thurston, formerly of Spink and Son, Spink acquired this work from a German dealer in 1991 or 1992. Spink sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Pirie, and it was in their possession when in was exhibited in the Asia Society show "Buddha of the Future" in 1994, cat. no. 48 (email from Jane Hoskins-Thurston to Ann Kinney, November 6, 2012, copy in accession file).

Note 2: According to information provided by Hugo Kreijger, a former consultant for Christie's auction house. (Email from Hugo Kreijger to Ann Kinney, December 16, 2012, copy in accession file; see also note 1)


This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2022–23), 120, ill
  • Denise Patry Leidy, "South and Southeast Asian Sculpture, 7th–9th century," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 62, fig. 8
  • Nandana Chutiwongs and Denise Patry Leidy, Buddha of the Future: An Early Maitreya from Thailand, exh. cat. (New York: Asia Society and Museum, 1994), fig. 48
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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