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Embroidery of Eleven-Headed, Twenty-Four-Armed Avalokitesvara |
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Embroidery of Eleven-Headed, Twenty-Four-Armed Avalokitesvara |
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Embroidery of Eleven-Headed, Twenty-Four-Armed Avalokitesvara |
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Embroidery of Eleven-Headed, Twenty-Four-Armed Avalokitesvara
CHINA; Northern Song dynasty (960–1127); Silk; 97 cm x 58.5 cm; National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
This embroidery depicts Avalokitesvara with eleven heads in four tiers. The first tier has three heads; the main head has three eyes and a five-leaf crown with the Chinese character for Buddha" embroidered on each leaf. The round smiling face |