Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Porcelain
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Ming dynasty
This porcelain statue was made in Dehua during the Ming dynasty. It is glazed in white and has crazing. Avalokitesvara is depicted with hair tied in a topknot and covered by a stole. The figure gazes downwards and the corners of the mouth are turned up slightly. A robe covers the shoulders and extends down to the feet in natural folds. The Bodhisattva wears a necklace. The hands are made of jade and held together, one on top of the other. Both hands were probably added at a later date. Avalokitesvara stands on a pedestal with cloud patterns.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 91.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 91.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:91.
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. 91).
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