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Nepal
A Paubha of Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY
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A Paubha of Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara
Nepal, 18th Century
Standing in samapada and surrounded by an arched mandorla, his primary hands in namaskara mudra and the remaining six hands holding a trisula, mala, padma, pustaka, and kalasa mudras, the eleventh head represented by the seated figure of Amitayus, the central figure surrounded by registers of tutelary deities, each with a body-conforming auerole, a row of donor figures kneeling at the bottom above a three line Newari inscription
35½ x 28½ in. (90.1 x 72.3 cm)
Nepal, 18th Century
Standing in samapada and surrounded by an arched mandorla, his primary hands in namaskara mudra and the remaining six hands holding a trisula, mala, padma, pustaka, and kalasa mudras, the eleventh head represented by the seated figure of Amitayus, the central figure surrounded by registers of tutelary deities, each with a body-conforming auerole, a row of donor figures kneeling at the bottom above a three line Newari inscription
35½ x 28½ in. (90.1 x 72.3 cm)