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Painting inspired by Esoteric Buddhism, showing a Thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Avalokiteśvara with accompanying figures, various gestures and his usual attributes (conch shell, vase, sun and moon, Amitābha figure in headdress). A huge halo of hands surrounds him, each bearing a single eye.The accompanying members of his cult (identified by inscriptions in cartouches) would have been executed according to specific descriptions in a particular sutra, to ensure the painting's efficacy. Ink and colour on silk.
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