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尺寸：高约118.1cm
年代：辽代 11世纪
质地：木雕(柳木胎)
风格：中原
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
辽代观音雕像头戴宝冠，双目轻阖垂视，慈悲中更透清俊秀逸。姿态为典雅智慧之女性，手姿尤为优美，但上身保持若干男性特征。最值得注意的是面部的轮廓，具有希腊雕塑式符合“黄金分割”定理的风格。水月观音是佛教与中国本土文化融合而产生。通常是坐在岩石或莲花座上，以右腿支起，左腿下垂，右臂放在右膝上姿势观看水中之月，以譬喻佛法色空的义理。

Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin)

Wood (willow) with traces of pigment; multiple-woodblock construction

After the tenth century, one of the more prominent representations of Avalokiteshvara shows the bodhisattva seated with the right knee raised and the left leg crossed before the body. The posture represents the Water Moon manifestation, understood as a depiction of the divinity in his Pure Land, or personal paradise. Known as Mount Potalaka, Avalokiteshvara’s Pure Land was originally thought to be located on an island somewhere south of India. By the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), this mythical paradise had been identified with Mount Putuo, an island off the east coast province of Zhejiang, and had become an important pilgrimage site.