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Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch

Ink and color on silk

楊柳觀音菩薩像

中國

觀音戴化佛蓮花寶冠,披白色頭巾,面相略顯豐腴,雙目微微下視,頸佩項圈,袈裟上有鉤紐。右手持柳枝,右腳盤屈,左腳下踏於蓮上,自在地坐於束腰須彌座上。
 畫面右側上方一童子從天而降,其右手托荷葉,雙臂飄帶飛揚,具風動感。下方亦有一童子,右手托荷葉上舉,呈單腿跳躍狀。
 此圖觀音神態悠閑恬淡,童子身姿靈活舒展。觀音周圍之物,如寶蓋、須彌座、欄楯及地板等強化了畫面的界畫意味,與細勁工整之用線、沉著雅致之設色相得益彰。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 77.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 77.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:77.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 77).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H},
pages = 77,
title = {{Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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