Eleven-Headed and Six-Armed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing on a Lotus

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Eleven-Headed and Six-Armed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing on a Lotus

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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801 CE–900 CE

Medium

Gilt copper alloy

Dimensions

9.3 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm (3 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of C. A. Islinger in memory of his mother Helen Islinger

Reference Number

1982.1676

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