Cakli depicting Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

Mongolian Collection

Accession Nr.: 91.5.1
Type: painting; textile; cakli
Date of production:
early 20th century
Place of production:
Materials: cotton canvas
Techniques: painted
Dimensions: height: 17.2 cm
width: 13.3 cm
The cakli depicts the Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara (Tib.: bcu gcig zhal spyan ras gzigz; Mong.: arban nigen niɤur-tu Qomsim bodhi-saduva), the dhyani bodhisattva, with his costumary attributes.