Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with Eleven Heads
c. 1500
Asia: China, Tibet
On View

Details

  • Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with Eleven Heads
  • Date: c. 1500
  • Medium: Gilt bronze with copper, gold and silver inlay and pigment
  • Dimensions: 17 x 8-1/4 x 3-5/8 in. (43.2 x 21 x 9.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation
  • Accession Number: F.1972.45.11.S
  • Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation

Object Information

Tibet: Tradition and Change

  • The Albuquerque Museum, 1997-10-18 to 1998-05-24

Treasures from the Himalayas: Sacred Treasures from Tibet, Nepal and Northern India

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2003-05-30 to 2003-10-27

In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2014-03-28 to 2014-08-25

Painting and Sculpture from Nepal, Tibet and Northwest India

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1994-09-22 to 1997-06-01
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Tibet: Tradition and Change, 1997, plate 48 pp. 96-97
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 2: Art from the Himalayas & China, 2003, no. 100 pp. 148-149, 159
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 877 p. 347

Image reproduction permission may be granted for scholarly or arts related commercial use. All image requests, regardless of their intended purpose, should be submitted via the reproduction request form.

Images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Additional permission may be required.

Approved requests for the reproduction of an image will receive a contract detailing all fees and conditions of use of the image. Upon receipt of both the signed contract and full payment, the Office of Rights and Reproductions will provide the image. A complimentary copy of the published material must be provided to the Norton Simon Museum.

Reproduction Request Form