carved as the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara standing in a niche framed by thin jagged rockwork resembling mountains, an en face dragon writhing amidst ruyi-shaped clouds near the summits above, the deity standing inside the niche adorned with earrings and wearing a five-leaf crown, framed with two crowned heads on each side and three above, all surmounted by the head of Amitabha Buddha, all receding in size from the main head, dressed in a billowing shawl and beribboned dhoti and adorned with bejwelled accessories, the main pair of arms held in front of the chest in namaskara mudra with the auxilliary hands held in karana and tarjani while holding ritual objects including a kendi, bow and arrow, dharma wheel, lotus flower and mala beads, the reverse carved with jagged mountains and two confronting dragons against ruyi-shaped clouds

Good condition with just typical age cracks, and other general surface wear
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