Bodhisattva Padmapani: on view at Victoria and Albert Museum

The high quality of metal casting in Tibet during the 13th century is demonstrated by this elegant figure. The style of the figure reveals the strong influence of north Indian models during the 11th to 13th centuries. This was linked to the absorption of Buddhist teachings from the great monasteries of the region at that time.

Bodhisattva Padmapani

About the sculpture

Particulars

In the same room · The Himalayas and South-East Asia, Room 47a, Victoria and Albert Museum

On the same theme · Buddhism

Yes, receiving visitors

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Tangka, ca. 1980

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, 18th century

Ceremonial ladle, ca. 18th century

Seated Buddha, 18th century

Celestial Guardians, c. 18th century

Comb, 18th century

Indra, 17th century

Head of the Buddha, 17th century

Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo), ca. 1319

Seated bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad), ca. mid-17th century

Kashyapa, dated 1700

Buddha Shakyamuni, 12th century

Stele commissioned by members of a devotional society, dated 528

Stele Commissioned by Helian Ziyue (赫蓮子悅) and a Devotional Society of Five Hundred Individuals, dated 533–43

Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century

Seated Bodhisattva, 8th century