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此像戴五葉寶冠,冠帶垂兩側,戴耳璫。頭向左傾斜,雙目微啟。袒上身,以瓔珞、臂釧、手鐲等裝飾。兩肩各有三朵蓮花,一凋謝、一盛開、一含苞,代表過去、現在、未來。菩薩左手輕撫蓮花,右手置於身後支於蓮座上。下身著長裙,腰帶雕花,並飾串珠花飾。舒右足斜踏蓮座前的蓮花,左足盤曲,搭於右腿上,身姿優美,隨意而坐,顯得自在閑適。
 此像蓮座左側刻漢字「大明永樂年(1403~1424)施」。據文獻記載,永樂元年明成祖(1402~1424在位)召西藏噶瑪噶舉派黑帽系活佛得銀協巴(de bzhin gshegs pa)至南京,冊封為大寶法王。南京宮廷作坊奉召製此黃銅鎏金佛像,以賞賜大寶法王。由於是朝廷御製,銅質優良,造型精美典雅,色澤純正,被稱為「永樂銅像」,乃此類造像代表作之一。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 90.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 90.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:90.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 90).
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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 A-F},
pages = 90,
title = {{Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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