Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
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Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Song dynasty
These two statues of Avalokitesvara were found hidden in the heavenly palace on the third story of the Ruiguang Temple Pagoda in 1978. Both are seated cross-legged on a Sumeru lotus throne and are backed by an aureole and nimbus which combine to make a flaming mandorla. The first statue wears a three-leaf crown and numerous pieces of jewelry. The figure’s empty hands are held out and may have once held some attributes. The other Bodhisattva’s crown features a seated Buddha. The arms are missing but this shows that they were separately made and then inserted.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 883.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 883.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:883.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 883).
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