北宋 彩繪木雕觀音菩薩像（地黃木胎）, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), late 10th–early 11th century

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北宋 彩繪木雕觀音菩薩像（地黃木胎）, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), possibly Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 10th–early 11th century, China, Wood (foxglove) with pigments, gilding, quartz and carnelian; single woodblock construction, H. 37 in. (94 cm); W. 24 in. (61 cm); D. 18 in. ( cm), Sculpture, It is rare to find a sculpture of Avalokiteshvara seated with his legs folded as if in meditation. He is most often shown standing or seated with one leg bent and the other pendent—a pose known as “royal ease

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