Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara by Jie Duan; Song dynasty
Stone
Jie Duan
CHINA, Shaanxi, Yan’an; Northern Song dynasty
Jie Duan was a sculptor from Fuxian county in Yan’an who specialized in creating stone Buddhist statues. According to an inscription at the Wanfo Temple Grottoes in Shaanxi, Jie and three other sculptors sculpted a total of 600 Arhat statues in 1095. In the following year, they created two Bodhisattva statues which were vivid, portraying local characteristics. He also made the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara in Shikong Temple Grotto in Shaanxi.
As indicated by inscriptions found at several local temples, the Jie family and their disciples, led by Jie Duan, were renowned sculptors of the northern Shaanxi grottoes. They are noted to have sculpted statues of various Buddhist figures including Arhats, Sakyamuni Buddha, and Buddhas of the Ten Directions.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 117.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Yichao and Mankuang and Miaohsi,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People },
pages = 117,
title = {{Jie Duan}},
volume = 19,
year = {2016}}