Swat: Vajradharma Avalokitesvara
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四臂菩薩像
巴基斯坦西北邊境省斯瓦特出土
巴基斯坦開伯爾巴圖克瓦省斯瓦特（Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa）出土。斯瓦特地區的銅製造像於近十餘年被發掘，極為稀有，具有特殊的重要性，該像是當地首批發現的較大型銅造像之一。
菩薩一面四臂，半跏趺坐。束高髻，戴寶冠，冠中有一化佛；袒上身，戴項鍊、瓔珞、臂釧及腕釧等，長裙貼體，裙上線刻菱格與花鬘紋樣，裝飾華麗。左下手持蓮，右下手當胸，餘手分別持弓、箭等法器，仰覆蓮花座下由三隻孔雀及列柱建築承托。
文殊師利菩薩常握弓箭，並在罕見的情況下以孔雀為坐騎，但此像所戴化佛冠、蓮花持物及坐姿等特徵，又有屬於代表無量光佛的金剛法觀音象徵。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1184.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Swat: Vajradharma Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1184.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Swat: Vajradharma Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1184.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Swat: Vajradharma Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1184).
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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 St-Z},
pages = 1184,
title = {{Swat: Vajradharma Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}