Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara (front)
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Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara (back)
銅灑水觀音菩薩像鏡
韓國
韓國高麗時期（918～1392）銅鏡。鐘形銅板於兩面皆有圖像，以稍粗的蹴雕線刻成型，刻點之間留有空隙。上方鑿一圓孔作懸掛用。
正面為灑水觀音菩薩，身旁繪竹林。觀音豎右膝，盤左腿。戴化佛寶冠，兩側懸垂瓔珞。右手持楊柳，左手握水瓶，瓶口流出一道長線，線內呈現大火、大水、羅剎、刀杖、惡鬼、枷鎖及怨賊等七難圖，即《妙法蓮華經》卷七〈觀世音菩薩普門品〉救濟諸難之場面。圖中觀音顯現於海面帆船之上，推測係表現觀音救濟水難之景。
背面為孔雀明王像，以童子身形表現。其右手握寶劍，左手持梵篋，跨乘於孔雀背上。因頭綰五髻，故亦有五髻文殊之說。孔雀羽毛豎起展開如扇。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 197.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 197.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:197.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mirror with Water-Moon Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 197).
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