Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas
Copper alloy
Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Song dynasty
The two figures are identical in design. The Bodhisattvas are jeweled and their heads are clustered on the crowns they wear. The right hands are upraised, while the left hand holds a vase. Stoles cascade down their bodies and overhang the inverted lotus pedestals. Their skirts cling tightly to the body and shows the shape of the legs. Mortice holes on the back of the bodies indicate where the mandorlas were once attached.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1430.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1430.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1430.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1430).
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