Colorful butter sculpture depicting four-armed, crowned Bodhisattva seated underneath trio of chrysanthemums

Avalokiteshvara, torma butter sculpture

Location
Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China)

Date
2014

Material
flour, butter, natural pigments

Dimensions
height of figure approx. 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Photo Credit
photograph by Sandar Aung

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