Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Limestone
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Sui dynasty
This sculpture reflects the high standard of Buddhist statuary during the Sui dynasty (581–618). The Bodhisattva wears a complex flowery headdress on which a figure of Amitabha is mounted. The slightly smiling face is short and round. The stole loops across the body to the ground and a variety of jewelry hangs down to the skirt. The right hand is raised in a mudra that is indecipherable since fingers are missing. The left arm hangs downward, holding a vase from which lotuses rise, one a bud, one a pod, and one a blossom. The figure stands on a double-lotus pedestal that rests on an octagonal arched base carved with figures in relief.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 78.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 78.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:78.
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. 78).
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