Avalokiteshvara
(item no. 90522)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art


 


Avalokiteshvara, Ekadasamukha (Tibetan: chen re zi, shal chu jig, English: the All Seeing Lord with Eleven Faces).

White in colour, peaceful, with eight hands, he stands atop a lotus blossom rising from a pond with a multi-levelled celestial palace behind. Numerous deities, figures and smaller palaces surround the central figure.

Jeff Watt 5-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara (Main Page)
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara (Eleven Faces)
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II



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