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.

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