Yufo Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Date wood
Yufo Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Shanghai; Ming dynasty
This Avalokitesvara is depicted with an elongated body. The body curves to one side and follows the original shape of the single piece of wood that this artist used to carve the statue. The Bodhisattva’s head has been positioned in the opposite direction. The left hand supports a ruyi (wish-fulfilling talisman), while the right hand is raised in the lotus mudra. An open-fronted garment ripples down the length of the body, with the deep fold from the right arm overlapping in a prominent way and acting as a counterweight to the body’s pronounced slant.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1425.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yufo Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1425.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yufo Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1425.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yufo Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1425).
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