Though it is by
some claimed that in
iconography this specific pose is
reserved for the
Sakyamuni
Buddha
only, this claim is contradicted by this image, as it is indeed registered in
the museum as Amitabha and erected alongside the
bodhisattvas
Guan Yin
(fig.) and Ti Tsang
Wang (fig.),
of whom the latter is also known by the Sanskrit name
Ksitigarbha
(fig.).
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