Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Wood
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Ming dynasty
The villagers of Dong’an dedicated the statue in 1385 according to the inscription written in ink on the concealed cover behind the Bodhisattva. Avalokitesvara wears a headdress with an image of Amitabha and long braids that rest upon the shoulders. A silk stole is draped around the arms. The right hand rests upon the knee, and the left elbow is propped on an arm-rest but the hand is missing. The drapery of the robe follows the line of the legs naturally and is carved in clean, vigorous lines. The sturdy figure sits confidently on a stone throne in the posture of royal ease.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 90.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 90.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:90.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 90).
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