Baiyi Temple Pagoda: Hairpin with Child-Granting Avalokitesvara
Jade and gold
金鑲玉送子觀音菩薩像銀簪
甘肅省蘭州市白衣寺塔天宮出土
甘肅省蘭州市白衣寺塔天宮發現。簪首，金鑲玉質，中心嵌一尊青白玉送子觀音。觀音臉形長圓，慈眉善目，挺鼻小口。頭披帛巾，身著大衣，懷中擁一嬰孩，端坐於鰲魚背上。其下為金累絲覆瓣仰蓮座。外圍飾纏枝葉蔓，間鑲珍珠和各色寶石。觀音頭頂和身側共有五枝燒藍金蓮蓬，意寓連生貴子。
簪鋌銀質，扁長形，末端呈尖形，鋌上陰刻銘文「肅藩王妃熊氏施崇禎五年（1632）捌月初十日伴讀姚進兼裝」。
觀音尊像玉質圓潤，刀法簡潔，搭配繁縟的枝蔓，整體金玉輝映，為一富麗精緻的佳作。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 7.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Baiyi Temple Pagoda: Hairpin with Child-Granting Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 7.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Baiyi Temple Pagoda: Hairpin with Child-Granting Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:7.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Baiyi Temple Pagoda: Hairpin with Child-Granting Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 7).
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