Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with One Thousand Hands and One Thousand Eyes (Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin), 大理國（十一至十二世紀）青銅鎏金千手千眼觀音菩薩像, Dali kingdom (938–1253), 11th–12th century, China, Gilt arsenical bronze; lost wax cast, H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm), Sculpture, Although painted depictions of this powerful form of Avalokiteshvara often detail the bodhisattva’s one thousand hands, sculptures such as this frequently follow a convention in which only twenty-two hands are shown
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes, Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin, 大理國（十一至十二世紀）青銅鎏金千手千眼觀�, Dali kingdom, 938–1253, 11th–12th century, China, Gilt arsenical bronze, lost wax cast, H, 8 1/4, 21 cm, W, 7, 17.8, D, 4 3/8, 11.1, Sculpture, painted, depictions, powerful form, Avalokiteshvara, detail, bodhisattva, thousand hands, sculptures, frequently follow, convention, twenty-two shown
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