Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara
More than 200 years ago, a Buddhist abbot (head monk) or lama sealed dozens of tightly rolled scrolls with sacred texts within this hollow sculpture. The offering of these texts was part of a multi-step ritual to consecrate the sculpture so that the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara...
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3834
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sculpture
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Rudolph Antiques, New York; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, February 7 1968; given to Walters Art Museum, 2012.
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en
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7
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_f.69_Fnt_TR_AJ98II-tms.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_f.69_Fnt_TR_AJ98II-tms.jpg |
| imageCount | 7 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.3087 |
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