Dimensions: 54-1/4" H x 30-1/8" W

Chinese painting Thangka of Avalokiteshvara, Ekadashamukha, the Eleven Faced Lord Gazing on the World, the Bodhisattva of compassion. In this form with eleven faces and multiple hands he is understood as a meditational deity with Tantric meditation commitments and ritual practices. Often the eight arms scene especially in sculpture and sometimes in painting are an abbreviated method of the artist in the depicting of the one thousand arms that this form of Avalokiteshvara typically displays.
Peaceful in appearance, with eleven faces rising upward in groups of three, the 10th is wrathful and the face at the top is that of the buddha Amitabha. Each face has two eyes and a dot between the eyebrows; long black hair flows across the shoulders. With 8 hands the first pair at the heart hold a precious jewel. The three right hands extended to the side are in the mudra of generosity, holding a Dharma wheel and a crystal prayer bead mala. The three on the left hold a water flask, a bow and arrow and a lotus blossom. Each face is adorned with a gold crown, ribbons and earrings. Necklaces, bracelets and precious jewels adorn the body and a scarf is wrapped about the neck. A deerskin is worn across the left shoulder and the lower body is covered in various silk fabrics. With the two legs together he stands atop a lotus flower. Wooden framed, set behind glass.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.
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