Xu Hou
CHINA, Sichuan, Ziyang; Former Shu Kingdom
Born in Jianyang, Ziyang, Xu Hou was a sculptor who, according to Records of Famous Paintings in Yizhou, sculpted the Tejaprabha Buddha, Nine Luminaries, and Twenty-Eight Mansions at Daci Temple in Sichuan. He is also known to have created the standing Sakyamuni Buddha in Avatamsaka Pavilion, with the assistance of Yang Yuanzhen who decoratively painted the details of the hair, beard, and garment folds.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 308.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Xu Hou." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 308.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Xu Hou" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:308.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Xu Hou. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 308).
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