Ranyi Monastery: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
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Ranyi Monastery: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA, Tibet, Ngari
The Bodhisattva wears an ornate crown as well as a high topknot with a jeweled finial. The figure’s long earlobes stretch to the shoulders and the neck has three lines. The bare upper body is wrapped with a deerskin while ornaments decorate the chest and arms. The figure sits on a lotus throne in the relaxation posture. The Bodhisattva’s holds a spear and some prayer beads in the two upper hands, while the two lower hands hold a long-stemmed lotus. The mandorla behind the figure is presented in a succession of rings, beginning with a jewel pattern and succeeded by a rainbow with a flaming rim.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 875.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ranyi Monastery: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 875.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ranyi Monastery: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:875.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ranyi Monastery: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 875).
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