Xiude Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Marble
Xiude Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Hebei, Baoding; Eastern Wei dynasty
The sculpture was excavated from Xiude Temple. The Bodhisattva stands on an inverted lotus pedestal and carries a lotus bud. A petal-shaped mandorla is located behind the figure. The Bodhisattva wears an ornate headdress and a long beaded ornament that loops over the skirt. The long stole the figure wears falls below the pedestal. The small, rounded shoulders of the figure is a transitional style from the Northern Wei (386–534) to the Eastern Wei (534–550) dynasty.
The rectangular base features a bas-relief of a pair of lions on either side of a deity who carries a censer. The inscription on the back of the base names the dedication by the devotee Yang Huiluo in 543.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1386.
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 St-Z},
pages = 1386,
title = {{Xiude Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}