Buyeo: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Buyeo: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (back)
Buyeo: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
SOUTH KOREA, South Chungcheong, Buyeo; Baekje period
The sculpture is of Baekje origin and was listed as National Treasure No. 293 in 1997. It depicts a Bodhisattva wearing a three-leaf crown that has a seated Buddha on the front panel. The slender figure stands on an inverted lotus pedestal over which trails the ends of a stole. The Bodhisattva holds a jewel in the right hand while the left hand grasps the stole. Chinese influence is shown in the slight protrusion of the abdomen that creates an elegant curved profile, as well as in the long beaded jewelry that is linked by a medallion.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 231.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Buyeo: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 231.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Buyeo: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:231.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Buyeo: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 231).
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