A SCULPTURE, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY In gilt bronze, Avalokiteśvara with eight arms and eleven faces. The Bodhisattva of Compassion holds a prayer wheel in one of the eight hands, with the main pair of hands raised in anjali mudra before the chest. On the heads, Mahakala sits on nine heads of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, and at the top sits the Buddha Maitreya. Height: 25.5 cm 清 十八世纪 铜胎鎏金八臂十一面观世音菩萨立像 高25.5厘米 菩萨八臂之一持有转经轮，主手在胸前合十于礼拜印。座于九个观音菩萨头之上方为大黑天，最顶端为弥勒佛。此佛像制式庄严与华丽。八臂的设计象征着观世音菩萨无量的慈悲与能力，拯救众生。而十一面传达出悲悯神情。 SCULPTURE, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, SEC. 18TH In gilded bronze, Avalokiteśvara with eight arms and eleven faces. The Bodhisattva of Mercy holds a Prayer Wheel with one hand of the eight; the main hands are raised in front of the chest in anjali mudra. On the heads, Mahakala sits on nine heads of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, at the topo is the Buddha Maitreya. H. 25.5 cm