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Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

十一面觀音菩薩龕像

原陝西省西安市寶慶寺七寶台

原位於陝西省西安市寶慶寺七寶台之浮雕龕像,故又稱為寶慶寺浮雕佛龕。龕像實原屬武則天(684~705在位)於長安(今陝西西安)所建光宅寺的七寶台,後寺毀,龕像遂移至寶慶寺的磚塔及佛殿內。七寶台佛龕有以阿彌陀佛、彌勒佛、釋迦牟尼佛等的一佛二菩薩三尊樣式,另有十一面觀音菩薩龕像,現存計有三十餘件,清(1644~1911)末佛龕大部分流散至海外。
 十一面觀音像雕於尖拱形淺龕內,現存七件,造型大同小異。菩薩頭上可分三層,第一層五面,第二層四面,最上層一面,加上本面,共十一面,均為菩薩面。頸有三道紋,肩寬腹收,形體豐圓,戴項圈、瓔珞、臂釧、腕釧。一手屈臂持花舉至肩際,一手下垂提淨瓶或握巾帶,立於束腰仰覆蓮台上。斜披絡腋,帔帛旋繞身後再懸掛於肘間,並順沿體側垂落。下著長裙,薄衣貼體,腰間結帶形成帷幔式裝飾,衣紋流暢自然,棱條凸起,刀法簡練明快,弧形下垂式裙褶傳承自北齊(550~577)以降的曹衣出水樣式。蓮瓣形頭光或素面無紋,或飾卷草紋、火焰紋、小團花等,別具異趣。龕頂兩旁雕飛天,帔帛飛揚,體態輕盈,形象生動活潑。
 其中比丘德感造十一面觀音菩薩龕像,龕像狹長窄邊框上刻有詳細銘文「檢校造七寶台清禪寺主昌平縣開國公翻經僧德感奉為□敬造十一面/觀音一軀伏願皇基永固聖壽遐長長安三年九月十五」,得知此七寶台係由深得武后信任的譯經比丘德感指導之造像工序,提供當時佛教與政治之珍貴史料,現為日本重要文化財。
 寶慶寺浮雕佛龕,具有寫實豐富的形體表現,誠屬盛唐(712~756)佛教雕刻的代表作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 386.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 386.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:386.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 386).
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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 G-M},
pages = 386,
title = {{Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas}},
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year = {2016}}


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