Figurine of Child-Granting Avalokitesvara
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Figurine of Child-Granting Avalokitesvara
CHINA; Ming dynasty
This figurine of a Child-Granting Avalokitesvara depicts the Bodhisattva with a high forehead, round, downcast eyes, a large nose, and narrow mouth. The Bodhisattva wears a beaded necklace with a medallion on the end, and has hair that is tied up in a band under a headdress. The shoulders are covered in a long shawl, and the body is enveloped in a voluminous robe with long sleeves. The Bodhisattva carries a child in her arm and grasps the child’s right foot in her right hand.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 100.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Figurine of Child-Granting Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 100.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Figurine of Child-Granting Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:100.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Figurine of Child-Granting Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 100).
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