A LARGE POLYCHROMED WOOD BUDDHISTIC GROUP of Simhanada-Avalokitesvara seated on a Buddhistic lion dog with a second small standing figure, one hand raised holding a lotus flower, the other a pearl, wearing an openwork tiara with the Buddha Amitabha, bejewelled necklace and ribbons over the arms and shoulder, traces of blue, red and white pigment remaining (age cracks and restorations), Yuan/Ming Dynasty

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A LARGE POLYCHROMED WOOD BUDDHISTIC GROUP of Simhanada-Avalokitesvara seated on a Buddhistic lion dog with a second small standing figure, one hand raised holding a lotus flower, the other a pearl, wearing an openwork tiara with the Buddha Amitabha, bejewelled necklace and ribbons over the arms and shoulder, traces of blue, red and white pigment remaining (age cracks and restorations), Yuan/Ming Dynasty
152cm. high

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The form of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, Simhanada-Avalokitesvara (with the lion's roar) is regarded in Mahayana Buddhism as the deity in charge of healing and medecine

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