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Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas

CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Song dynasty (960–1279); Copper alloy; H: 23.5 cm; Suzhou Museum, Jiangsu, China
The two figures are identical in design. The Bodhisattvas are jeweled and their heads are clustered on the crowns they wear. The right hands are upraised, while the left hand holds a vase. Stoles cascade down their bodies and overhang the inverted lotus pedestals. Their skirts cling tightly to the body and shows the shape of the legs. Mortice holes on the back of the bodies indicate where the mandorlas were once attached.

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