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Nanhai: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

CHINA, Guangdong, Foshan; Dated 1998; Copper alloy; H: 61.9 m
The colossal statue was completed in 1998 and depicts Avalokitesvara sitting in full lotus position on a lotus throne. The figure is otherwise depicted conventionally: crowned, jeweled, carrying a vase in the left hand while the right is raised in lotus mudra. Underneath the throne, there is a hall surrounded by water and accessed by bridges on all four sides.

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