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Fig 4.
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Six Syllables
approx. 1758
China
Embroidery on silk
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Qianlong period (1736-1795), approx. 1758
Dimensions: 209.6 cm x 86.7 cm (image)
Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Gift of the Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein Fund, 1989.4.
Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.