Dimensions: Height 24,6 cm ; Wide 10 cm ; Depth 8 cm

Weight: 1169,8 grams

The slender, eight-armed form of Avalokiteshvara standing in sampada on a lotus base, the primary hands in anjali mudra, wearing multiple necklaces and an ornate dhoti, flowing sashes and elaborate jewellery, the eleven heads arranged in tiers each showing individualized features surmounted by Amitabha.

Compare: Circa 11th century, Kashmir Schools in Western Tibet, Avalokiteshvara, brass, 25,4 cm, photo: courtesy of Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet Volume One, Visual Dharma Publications, p. 189 pl. 56C (published the wrong way round), Potala Collection, Lima Lakhang inventory nº 991, Lhasa (Tibet).