佛像网

尺寸：22.1 x 16.7 cm
年代：明代(1450年)
质地：铜鎏金
风格：中原
来源：克利夫兰艺术博物馆
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鉴赏：
Seated Guanyin
觀音坐像
c. 1450

A heavily jeweled Guanyin sits in the posture of royal ease on a double-lotus throne. Also known as Avalokitesvara or the Bodhisattava of Compassion, Guanyin postponed achieving enlightenment in order to assist all who cry out for help. This made Guanyin a very popular devotional figure for Buddhists. This gilt bronze's size suggests that it could have been placed on a private altar or shrine for personal devotion.

传承:
?–1916
Worcester R. Warner [1846–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1916–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

著录:
Lerner, Martin. “An ‘International Style’ Wooden Mandala.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 58, no. 9 (November 1971): 269–275. Reproduced: p. 274, fig. 8 www.jstor.org
Schroeder, Ulrich von. Indo-Tibetan Bronzes. 1st ed. Hong Kong, Glattbrugg, Switzerland: Visual Dharma Publications; Sole distributor, Nanda Distribution, 1981. Mentioned: p. 530, no. 151F; Reproduced: p. 531, no. 151F
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang [海外遺珎. 佛像= Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1990. Reproduced: p. 188