A DEHUA FIGURE OF A 'THOUSAND-ARMED' AVALOKITESVARA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the deity finely modelled with sixteen arms, the hair partially drawn up in a knotted jatamakuta behind an elaborate foliate crown securing a miniature effigy of Amitabha, with long tresses of hair falling to the shoulders, his principal hands before his chest in uttarabodhi mudra, above a secondary pair in dhyana on his laps, the attendant arms fanning out from the body each grasping a different ritual implement in the hand, wearing a long robe splaying around the body, seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus bloom springing from swirling waves amongst lotus buds and leaves, the reverse impressed with a double-gourd seal reading Dehua above a square maker's mark

There should have been an extra pair of arms attached to the behind the arms supporting the sun and moon. The middle finger of a right hand has been chipped off. There are some firing cracks and original breaks to the tresses of hair and elbows. The arm holding a bell has a 0.7 cm shallow glaze flake on the elbow. The overall condition is otherwise quite good with only some minor short firing cracks.
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