Lianhuashan: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Bronze
Lianhuashan: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (side)
Lianhuashan: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Guangdong, Guangzhou
The statue was consecrated in 1994 and depicts Avalokitesvara wearing a shawl over a high headdress fronted by a Buddha. A total of 120 t of bronze was used to construct the statue while 9 kg of gold was used to gild it. Behind the head is a petal-shaped nimbus with cloud-pattern sidepieces from which ribbons descend to the shoulders. The robed Bodhisattva stands on a double lotus supported by a tall octagonal base. An inscription on the base identifies the figure as Avalokitesvara. There is a vase in the left hand, while the right hand is raised in the lotus mudra.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 579.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Lianhuashan: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 579.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Lianhuashan: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:579.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Lianhuashan: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 579).
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