Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Northern Qi dynasty
The Bodhisattva has a slim figure with hands that are disproportionately large compared to the body. The right hand is likely held in the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra while the left hand points downwards. The figure wears loose robes, belted at the waist, and stands on a lotus pedestal that is supported by a double-tier, four-legged stand. A sharply pointed mandorla decorated with flame patterns is located behind the figure. According to the inscription, the four Yang Brothers dedicated the sculpture in 561.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 71.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 71.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:71.
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. 71).
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