Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara: Chenresigs, Kuan-Yin or Kannon Bodhisattva: its origin and iconography
Neville, Tove E
₹ 1500.00
Contents: (i) Introduction. (ii) The origins of Eleven Headed Avalokitesvara. (iii) Iconography of Eleven Headed Avalokistesvara: examples from India, Cambodia, Nepal and Tibet. (iv) Background for the Eleven-Headed Kuan-Yin in China. (v) Iconography of Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara as Kuan-Yin in China, Kuan Eum in Korea and Kannon in Japan.
Year: 1999
Pages etc.: xviii,122p., (67)pls., bibl., ind., 29cm.
Binding: Hardbound
Subject(s): Fine Arts
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