Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། 观音菩萨
(item no. 700080)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1200 - 1299
Lineages Uncertain
Size 30.48cm (12in) high
Material Wood
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# P2000.22.22
Notes about the Central Figure

Alternate Names: Lokeshvara Avalokita Lokanata Lokanatha Mahakarunika

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Avalokiteshvara, Arya Lokeshvara (Tibetan: pag pa chen re zi. English: the Noble All Seeing Lord).

(For additional information on this sculpture see Phagpa Lokes'vara of the Potala by Ian Alsop).

Jeff Watt 8-2001

Related Items
Exhibition Appearances
Exhibition: Faith & Empire - Art & Politics in Tibetan Buddhism

Thematic Sets
Sculpture: Wood & Papier Mache
Nepal: Sculpture (Wood)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Avalokita (Sculpture)
Buddhist Deity: Avalokiteshvara, Pagpa Lokeshvara (4 & 108 Temples)
Sculpture: Sandalwood, Red (Zitan)
Medium: Sculpture - Wood
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Sculpture (Gallery 3)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Sculpture (Gallery 2)