Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Limestone
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Sui dynasty
Avalokitesvara is seated cross-legged and wears a decorative floral crown with a small standing Buddha in a niche. The Bodhisattva has a full face with downcast compassionate eyes. The figure wears a stole over an inner robe, and a long skirt that is sculpted in simple folds. A jeweled necklace is around the neck, and a long string of ornamental beads crosses at the waist and wraps around the legs. The statue’s left hand is missing while the right hand is steadied on the upper thigh. The entire figure is sculpted with clean, strong lines.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 77.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 77.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:77.
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. 77).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 77,
title = {{Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 77,
title = {{Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}