Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Sandstone
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CAMBODIA
The Bodhisattva wears a crown with a cylindrical topknot with a Buddha figure in front. The Bodhisattva is mustached and the eyes are cast downward in a head held high. Apart from the carved crown band, the Bodhisattva is simply presented and largely unadorned. While the upper body is bare, the Bodhisattva wears a Khmer skirt or sampot with a fan-shaped fold at the waist and a hanging ornament shaped like a fishtail. The figure’s forearms and feet are missing, and the left earlobe is damaged. Mahayana statues of Avalokitesvara with a Buddha image in the crown appeared in Cambodia by the 7th century, and became common under the reign of King Jayavarman VII (reigned circa 1181–1220).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 62.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 62,
title = {{Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}