佛像网

尺寸：H. 22 1/4 in. (56.6 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
年代：9世纪
质地：合金铜
风格：泰国南部或Sumatra
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Southern Thailand or Sumatra
8th–early 9th century

This four-armed Avalokiteshvara exemplifies the finest qualities associated with the pan-Asian cult of the savior bodhisattva. Through its grace and humanism, the work embodies the qualities of compassion central to Buddhist ethics. It may have been made in Sumatra or in the Malay Peninsula, regions linked by commercial activity in which religious imagery could readily circulate. Chinese pilgrim sources tell of major monasteries that prospered in both areas.

来源:
[Spink & Son Ltd. , London, until 1982, sold to MMA]

展览:
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century,” April 14–July 27, 2014.

著录:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Notable Acquisitions 1981–1982; Selected by Philippe de Montebello, 39, 1981–82. p. 71.

Barnhart, Richard M. (Introduction). The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, p. 154, pl. 106.

Kossak, Steven M. “The Arts of South and Southeast Asia.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s. 51, no. 4 (spring 1994) p. 74, fig. 72.

Guy, John. Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014, p. 251, cat. no. 158.

Behrendt, Kurt. How to Read Buddhist Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019, pp. 110–11, figs. 84, 85.