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This finely carved figure of Avalokiteshvara is an early and 此尊觀音菩薩立像雕刻精美，保存完好，以拉薩布達
well preserved copy of one of the most revered sculptures 拉宮公元7世紀作，倍受尊崇觀音菩薩像為藍本雕琢
in Tibetan Buddhism, the Phagpa Lokesvara, traditionally 而成。布達拉宮另藏一尊造型較大的觀音像，無論雕
believed to have been created in the 7th century, and located 琢風格、衣袍上之描金花卉紋飾，均於本尊觀音立像
in the Phagpa Lhakhang of the Potala Palace, Lhasa.
一致，見烏爾裡希．馮．施羅德，《西藏佛教雕塑》
It is most closely related to another larger zitan figure ，香港，2001年，卷2，頁824-5，圖版196C。
of Avalokiteshvara in the Potala Palace, with the same
iconography and style of carving, and similarly decorated
with gilt-lacquered floral motifs on the robe, illustrated in
Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong
Kong, 2001, vol. II, pp. 824-5, pl. 196C.

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