Avalokitesvara, Seokguram Grotto

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Mark Cartwright
by Unkonwn
published on 03 October 2016

A granite relief sculpture of Avalokitesvara, the eleven-headed bodhisattva. The Seokguram Grotto, near Gyeongju, Korea. Height: over 2 metres. Unified Silla Period, 8th century CE.

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