Statuette of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Porcelain
Statuette of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Qing dynasty
The hair of Avalokitesvara is tied up in a topknot and covered with a stole. The Bodhisattva has a high forehead, an urna, thin eyebrows, downcast eyes, a wide nose, a small mouth, and elongated earlobes. There is a heavy necklace on the chest, while the body is covered in flowing robes with long sleeves. The right hand holds a scroll, while the left has a ruyi. The Bodhisattva stands barefoot on a circular pedestal with cloud reliefs.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 309.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Statuette of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 309.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Statuette of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:309.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Statuette of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 309).
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