An extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of eleven-headed AvalokiteshvaraTang dynasty唐 鎏金銅十一面觀世音菩薩立像 portrayed standing in tribhanga atop a lotus platform, with downcast eyes and a soft smile creating a serene yet compassionate expression, hands held in anjali mudra, bearing a kundika vessel and prayer beads in one hand, and a pierced star-shaped symbol of the sun and lotus in the other, an extravagant headpiece displaying ten heads, which alongside the deity’s focal face, create a dynamic eleven-headed form derived from the Indian traditionh. 21.6 cm
An extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of eleven-headed AvalokiteshvaraTang dynasty唐 鎏金銅十一面觀世音菩薩立像 portrayed standing in tribhanga atop a lotus platform, with downcast eyes and a soft smile creating a serene yet compassionate expression, hands held in anjali mudra, bearing a kundika vessel and prayer beads in one hand, and a pierced star-shaped symbol of the sun and lotus in the other, an extravagant headpiece displaying ten heads, which alongside the deity’s focal face, create a dynamic eleven-headed form derived from the Indian traditionh. 21.6 cm
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