Friday 8 March 2013

Avalokiteshvara sculptures

Thought to be 18th century, Tibet or Nepal, ivory, at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

One head, two arms, standing with both arms along his body, the left hand placed on the left thigh, the right hand open outwards. He wears a mass of hair folded on his head and sticking out on each side of a three-leaf crown (with Amitabha on the middle leaf) big square earrings, a sash, and a strap across his thighs. (Arya Lokeshvara, also known as Phagpa Lokeshvara, of Nepalese origin).

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