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Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara

Ink and color on silk

十一面觀音菩薩像

日本

依據中國唐代(618~907)玄奘譯《十一面神咒心經》繪製,為十二世紀上半葉之作,是日本現存唯一之平安時代(794~1185)十一面觀音畫像,亦為當時十一面觀音像之代表。一九九四年指定為日本國寶。
 圖中觀音頭頂分三層,下層菩薩臉三面、瞋怒臉三面,第二層白牙上出臉三面、大笑臉一面,加上頂層佛面,共十一面。身軀略微斜向右側,端坐於須彌座上的蓮座,右手伸至膝前施與願印,手腕垂掛念珠;左手上舉至胸前,夾著內插紅蓮花的水瓶,水瓶以銀泥塗繪,莖蓮透亮。菩薩頂上化現華蓋,周緣飾以寶珠、瓔珞等,身後為透雕風格的背光,下裙懸裳披覆於座前,顯得莊嚴華麗。
 菩薩肌膚為淡紅色,以朱線勾勒輪廓,並施加朱色暈染,再飾以花形、珠玉等飾物,衣裳塗繪數種碎金紋樣。台座、華蓋布滿龍膽紋、菊花團紋,以碎金及銀暈染表現。其裝飾性顯著,技法精練,加上保存完好,堪稱為平安時代佛畫的高峰作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 218.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 218.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:218.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 218).
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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 = 218,
title = {{Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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