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Compassionate and Merciful Avalokiteshvara, Savior from Perils

China

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This composite work consists of nine identical images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin in Chinese), all impressed with the same woodblock. The iconographic attributes of the deity are fully represented.

Compassionate and Merciful Avalokiteshvara, Savior from Perils, Woodblock print, ink on paper, China

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