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A TSA TSA DEPICTING EKADASAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

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June 24, 03:37 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 USD

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A TSA TSA DEPICTING EKADASAMUKHA AVALOKITESHVARA

TIBET, 18TH CENTURY


Height 11¾ in., 29.9 cm


Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13718.

Acquired in the 1970s.

the eleven-headed deity standing on a lotus base with feet together in pratyalidhasana , with the primary hands in anjali mudra, the subsidiary hands each holding a different attribute including a chakra, a mala, a lotus blossom, a bow and a long-life vessel, surrounded further by a halo of his thousand arms, Manjushri depicted in the lower left and Vajrapani in his wrathful form depicted in the lower right


For another similar example see Olschak, B.C., Mystic Art of Ancient Tibet, 1973, p.77.