Period:Unknown Production date:12thC
Materials:bronze, stone (carnelian?), silver, copper,
Technique:cast, pigmented, inlaid,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Weight: 0.60 kilograms Width: 9 centimetres Depth: 7.50 centimetres
Description:
A seated figure of Avalokiteśvara cast in a copper alloy; inlaid with silver and copper and inset with coloured stones and with traces of blue pigment in the hair. The Bodhisattva is shown seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with the right hand raised in abhayamudra; lotus stalks to the right and left.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-1982-1216.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Bronzes/mid_00332326_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-1982-1216.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Bronzes/mid_00530683_001.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985This Avalokiteśvara, as Padmapāṇi, the lotus-holder, reflects, without altogether lacking spiritual presence, a late and opulent development in eastern India. The ‘parent’ Buddha is absent from the head-dress which is itself a late form. The sacred cord from the right shoulder to the left thigh is no doubt jewelled, an elaborate series of necklaces covers the upper torso, the lower garment is patterned, and the lotuses were once inlaid with precious or semi-precious stones. The right hand is raised in an almost languid gesture.
Materials:bronze, stone (carnelian?), silver, copper,
Technique:cast, pigmented, inlaid,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Weight: 0.60 kilograms Width: 9 centimetres Depth: 7.50 centimetres
Description:
A seated figure of Avalokiteśvara cast in a copper alloy; inlaid with silver and copper and inset with coloured stones and with traces of blue pigment in the hair. The Bodhisattva is shown seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with the right hand raised in abhayamudra; lotus stalks to the right and left.
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985This Avalokiteśvara, as Padmapāṇi, the lotus-holder, reflects, without altogether lacking spiritual presence, a late and opulent development in eastern India. The ‘parent’ Buddha is absent from the head-dress which is itself a late form. The sacred cord from the right shoulder to the left thigh is no doubt jewelled, an elaborate series of necklaces covers the upper torso, the lower garment is patterned, and the lotuses were once inlaid with precious or semi-precious stones. The right hand is raised in an almost languid gesture.
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