Three-headed and six-armed form of Avalokiteshvara , 700-750CE
brass with copper and silver inlay

This statue may have been made in Tibetan held) Kashmir. He has a rosary in his upper right hand, a lasso, a lotus, a water pot in the left ones. As suggested by the author, the middle right hand may have held a fly whisk. The lower one makes the gesture of supreme generosity.
Original Height 36cms
Potala Collection, Lima Lhakhang inventory nº 1095, Lhasa ,Tibet.

Exhibited by:

SilkRoadVirtualMuseum

More from SilkRoadVirtualMuseum

Mosque Lamp for Emir Qawsum al-Saqi, 1329-1334 , 1329-1334CE
h = 35.9 cm
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Mosque Lamp for Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar, c.1325 , C 1325
h = 26.7 cm
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Mosque Lamp for Emir Karim al-Din, c 1325 , c 1325
h = 27.5 cm
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Mosque Lamp for Qijlis, c 1313CE , c 1313CE
h = 28.9 cm
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Mosque Lamp for Ma'tuq ibn Mahfuz ibn Ma'tuq ibn al-Buzuri al-Baghdadi, c1294 , c1294CE
h = 26.7 cm
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum