Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas
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Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Song dynasty
The two statues Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva were discovered in the heavenly palace on the third story of the Ruiguang Temple Pagoda in 1978. These sculptures are identical in design. The figures wear matching jeweled headdresses and monastic robes. The feet are just visible beneath the skirt. Bead ornaments connected by medallions fall over the arms and loop down the sides of the skirt. The lowered hands are crossed over each other and the right hands hold chanting beads.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 882.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 882.
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, 12:882.
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. 882).
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