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Qing Imperial Palace: Tapestry and Embroidery of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara

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緙絲加繡四十二臂觀音菩薩像

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清宮舊藏。據《千手千眼觀世音菩薩廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼經》載,觀音菩薩於往昔聞廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼,為利益一切眾生,乃發具足千手千眼之願,而即刻得其身。此像以青色為地,五彩絲線刺繡一面四十二臂千手觀音。
 菩薩戴五葉寶冠,兩側寶繒向上翹起,秀髮垂肩。三目,五官娟秀,面龐清麗。肩覆帔帛,垂於腹前,分繞於數隻手臂上。帔帛以緝線繡成,表現紗質透明、輕靈之感。下著長裙,腰間束帶,飾珠串,衣飾繁縟。跣足立於雲端蓮台之上。圖下方以彩絲繡祥雲朵朵。
 千手或當胸合十,或分持日、月、寶劍、摩尼珠、蓮花、數珠、露瓶、斧戟等法器。其中肩頭化出之雙臂,托舉一蓮座,上有一坐佛。觀音帶圓形頭光、身光及蓮瓣形舉身光,因暈色效果極好,似見佛光閃耀。頭頂上方緙九芝華蓋。
 整幅作品構思巧妙,工藝精良,運用平緙、構緙、緙金等技法,緙、繡、繪並用,實為乾隆時期(1736~1795)緙絲加繡的代表作。軸上部落有「乾隆」、「宣統」等內府鑑藏印記。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 260.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Qing Imperial Palace: Tapestry and Embroidery of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 260.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Qing Imperial Palace: Tapestry and Embroidery of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:260.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Qing Imperial Palace: Tapestry and Embroidery of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 260).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
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