Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Gilt copper alloy
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
CHINA; Dali Kingdom
Avalokitesvara stands holding a willow branch in the right hand and a vase in the left hand. The Bodhisattva is mainly identified by the Buddha image on the headdress. The figure’s face is quite large with coarse features. A pair of floral earrings hangs from the ears and many other pieces of jewelry are worn. The most notable jewelry piece is the looped string of beads that falls downward to the flaring skirt hem at the feet. A stole hangs diagonally across the chest, and more stoles are draped about the body.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 83.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 83.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:83.
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. 83).
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