Master Sengqie
Limestone
Master Sengqie
CHINA; Song dynasty
Master Sengqie was popularly known as the Great Sage of Sizhou according to the Song Biographies of Eminent Monks. He traveled to Chuzhou (present day Huai’an, Jiangsu) in 661 during the Tang dynasty (618–907), and having performed many miracles, earned the veneration of the people. Posthumously he was considered a manifestation of Avalokitesvara.
The sage wears a hood and sits cross-legged in meditation with lowered eyes in this sculpture. The figure wears a monastic robe over a cross-collared inner robe and has a knotted thread over the left shoulder. The arms are confined by a band decorated with a creature’s head that connect with the lotus base on which the figure sits.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 689.
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 G-M},
pages = 689,
title = {{Master Sengqie}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}