Wanfo Temple: Head of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Sandstone
Wanfo Temple: Head of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Sichuan, Chengdu; Tang dynasty
The Bodhisattva head was excavated from the site of Wanfo Temple. The band of the crown has three large emblems and is wrapped about a striking openwork topknot that is fronted by a Buddha seated in a niche. The neatly combed hair is centrally parted but is hidden beneath the cloth falling from the back of the crown. The face is elongated and the facial features are strikingly realistic, particularly in the long, narrow eyes, and the area around the nose and mouth. Elements like these are often seen in sculptures from the Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1311.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Wanfo Temple: Head of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1311.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Wanfo Temple: Head of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1311.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Wanfo Temple: Head of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1311).
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