Abraded mural depicting seated figure on right facing smaller figure within fireball on left

Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, with Xuanzang, a Monkey-Headed Protector, and a White Horse

Location
Cave 2 of East Thousand-Buddha Grottoes; Tangut Kingdom (Xixia) (present-day Guazhou, Gansu Province, China)

Date
ca. 12th–13th century

Photo Credit
image courtesy Institute of Cultural Heritage Research, Zhejiang University

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