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Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

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菩薩頭綰高髻,髻上有化佛,頸部有三道紋。斜披絡腋,帔帛呈波浪狀垂於體側。華美的項飾、瓔珞及手鐲等雕刻較淺。左手下垂持淨瓶,右下臂毀損。下身著貼體長裙,雙腿輪廓明顯,跣足立於束腰仰覆蓮台。整體身軀直立,健壯豐美,顯示出唐代(618~907)造像優美的氣勢與結構。
 唐代菩薩立像鐫刻銘文者,甚為罕見。此像基座正面及兩側皆陰刻鉻文,堪為研究當時佛教傳播概況之文獻。
 正面及兩側銘文「菩薩主成敬示妻張趙□妻昊程慶母李女人□□云尹思崇□文□大女嚴麻明俊□優曇女劉□慈女□神妃女鄭淨光常但妻楊谷渾達妻常壬善妻尚劉神惠□天女張訓王儉妻楊女王客見女人王妙定□王□女楊媛兒大女□楊云妻□大女張姿□虔□□妹子清信女姚昊貞母王楊大娘王八娘菩薩主□衡州□軍張大謙妻□法力」。背面銘文「神龍二年(706)十月廿三日灑掃僧□于家和頓進□聖容寺額至十二月五日敕依所諳置寺仍度僧□灑掃王福延……登士郎□齊丘文林郎楊丘柱國蓋師□感妻昊大娘感男□奴感女花□安宋□□……前仙掌縣令漁妻干三娘女□女七娘男寺家奴……」。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 79.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 79.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:79.
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. 79).
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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 = 79,
title = {{Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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