遼 彩繪木雕水月觀音菩薩像（柳木胎）, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin), Liao dynasty (907–1125), 11th century, China, Wood (willow) with traces of pigment; multiple-woodblock construction, H. 46 1/2 in. (118.1 cm); W. 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm); D. 28 in. (71.1 cm), Sculpture, After the tenth century, one of the more prominent representations of Avalokiteshvara shows the bodhisattva seated with the right knee raised and the left leg crossed before the body. The posture represents the Water Moon manifestation, understood as a depiction of the divinity in his Pure Land, or personal paradise
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遼 彩繪木雕水月觀音菩薩像（柳木胎）, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Water Moon Form, Shuiyue Guanyin, Liao dynasty, 907–1125, 11th century, China, Wood, willow, traces, pigment, multiple-woodblock construction, H, 46 1/2, 118.1 cm, W, 37, 95.3, D, 28, 71.1, Sculpture, tenth, prominent representations, Avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva seated, right knee raised, left leg, crossed, body, posture represents, Moon, manifestation, understood, depiction, divinity, Pure Land, personal paradise
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