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Avalokitesvara with six arms.
Date
901 to 950
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height 59 centimetres, width 43.3 centimetres
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Scope and content : Paper painting with Chin. inscr. showing Six-armed Avalokiteśvara (Kuan-yin), seated, without attendants. He sits on red-tipped Padmāsana, with legs inter-locked; upper hands hold up resp. Vajra-topped and skull-headed mace; middle hands in vitarka-mudrā on either side of breast; lower hands lie on knees, R. palm downwards with first finger bent, L. palm uppermost with thumb, second and third fingers joined. Dhyāni-buddha on front of head-dress.
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DHMG.
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Ch.i.0018
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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