Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara (front)
Bronze
Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara (back)
Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara
KOREA; Goryeo dynasty
This mirror has engraved images on both sides. The engraving on the front features Water-Moon Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva seated in the royal ease position and holding a vase. The water that flows from the vase depicts the Seven Disasters from the “Universal Gateway Chapter” of the Lotus Sutra. The back of the mirror is engraved with Mahamayuri riding a peacock and holding a sword and a sutra container.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 197.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 197.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:197.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 197).
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