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Known in China as Zhunti Pusa, or Cundi Bodhisatta, the deity was A related gilt-bronze figure of eighteen-armed Guanyin, Ming dynasty, 16th
highly revered in Esoteric Buddism. According to the Karandavyuha century, is included in the collection of the Ethnological Museum, Berlin,
Sutra, compiled between the 4th and 5th century BC, the eighteen arms acc.no.ID 36355. Another bronze figure of eighteen-armed Guanyin, Ming
of the deity each wield implements symbolising the guidance along the dynasty, was sold at Christie’s Paris, 21-22 June 2016, lot 322.
Buddhist path to liberation, upaya, and represent the eighteen merits of
attaining Buddhahood described in the Cundi Dharani Sutra.
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