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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 97.156.3.2
Although mirror images of each other, these two statues do not likely represent the same bodhisattva but more probably the popular deities Maitraya and Avalokitesvara. Standing in graceful posture holding the stalk of a lotus flower, they likely formed part of a sculptural triad flanking a larger bronze image of the Buddha.
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