THANGKA DEPICTING ELEVEN-HEADED AND THOUSAND-ARMED AVALOKITESHVARA SAHASRABHUJA QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY the Bodhisattva depicted with a tower of heads, the uppermost head representing Buddha Amitabha, the Bodhisattva's spiritual father, above the blue demonic head of Vajrapani functioning to ward off evil, the two principal hands held before the chest protecting the ratna jewel of this enlightened state, flanked by thousand arms radiating from the torso in a fan-like manner, the figure supported on a lotus plinth in front of a palatial building, and surrounded by further Buddhist deities and disciples 48cm x 39cm (sight)