Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. Close-up of face and richly decorated conical jatamakuta hairdress with jeweled ornaments and with an image of the seated Amitabha Buddha, the principal and celestial Buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, who is described in Mahāyāna scriptures. The hollow-worked eyes were probably inset with rock-crystal or glass.
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