Amulet with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara
Wood
Amulet with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara (cover)
木千手觀音菩薩像香盒
日本
日本十二世紀佛具。隨身型小佛龕，形若香盒，故通稱為香盒佛。此小型龕推測係雲遊僧人為方便攜帶而製，或作為個人修行的念持佛，安置於僧房，作為日常禮拜、修持之佛像。
香盒由白檀木整材刻製。盒為圓形，平底，蓋身上下扣合。盒身內雕刻四十二臂千手觀音菩薩，結跏趺坐於仰覆蓮座上，胸前雙手合十，腹前二手施禪定印，其餘手臂向兩側伸展呈放射狀，造型比例勻稱。盒蓋內中央雕一香爐，下由祥雲承托，下方兩側為功德天及老態的婆藪仙，上方為橫笛與笙，左右相對，十分細緻。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 4.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Amulet with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 4.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Amulet with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:4.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Amulet with Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 4).
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