Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Ink on paper
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Qing dynasty
This picture of Avalokitesvara sitting at the edge of a stream was painted by Shitao when he was 33 years old. The Bodhisattva has delicate facial features and wears a white robe draped over the head and wrapped around the hands and legs. A vase containing a willow branch is painted on the left. There are rocks, bamboo shoots, and shadows behind the Bodhisattva. The rocks and flowing water are depicted with wave-like lines, filled in with light ink, and accented with dark dots, exemplifying Shitao’s simple yet expressive style.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 73.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 73.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:73.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 73).
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