Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Northern Qi dynasty
The Bodhisattva stands on an inverted lotus pedestal with hands in the abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (wish-granting) mudras. The figure wears a three-leaf crown with ribbons draped on either side. Jewelry hangs the length of the body. A stole falls from the shoulders to curl over the pedestal. The petal-shaped mandorla is decorated with flames around the edges while its center is smooth. Beneath the pedestal, there is a plain, four-legged stand with an inscription stating that the family of Zheng Luoxing dedicated the statue in 554 on behalf of their parents from Yanzhou in present day Hebei.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 70.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 70.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:70.
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. 70).
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