Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch
Ink and color on silk
楊柳觀音菩薩像 釋慧虛
韓國
作品題有「東海癡衲慧虛筆」，可知作者為僧人慧虛。此類構圖的觀音畫像，為高麗時期（918～1392）所特有。
圖中觀音菩薩稍微向右側身而立，身後為橢圓形的背光。觀音面相方圓，唇上蓄小髭，右手持柳枝，左手執淨瓶，足踏蓮花，俯視其右下方正聆聽說法的善財童子。菩薩身軀豐盈，衣著華麗，戴耳環、手鐲等飾物，胸前佩飾瓔珞，富麗優美，似當時典雅的仕女。
白色透明的天衣裝飾著花朵紋樣，並繪有彩色珠子。菩薩所踏蓮花的左側繪一束花束，以蓮葉包覆彩蓮，極為別致。作品繪製工整，為少見的上乘作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 78.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 78.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:78.
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. 78).
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