佛像网

尺寸：H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
年代：6世纪晚期 隋代
质地：青铜鎏金
风格：中原
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
这是最早的杨柳观音造像之一.

This sculpture is one of the earliest known examples of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara holding a willow branch. The willow, which later becomes standard in the imagery of Avalokiteshvara, is associated with healing.

来源:
Kuroda Takoma, Yamanaka, sold to MMA in 1912
[ Kuroda Takoma , Yokahama, until 1912; sold to MMA}

展览:
Tokyo National Museum. “Special Exhibition: Gilt Bronze Buddhist Statues - China, Korea, Japan,” March 10, 1987–April 19, 1987.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Arts of Ancient China,” 2005.
Seoul. National Museum of Korea. “Masterpieces of Early Buddhist Sculpture,” September 24, 2015–November 15, 2015.

文献:
Ashton, Leigh. An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Sculpture. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1924, pl. 44, fig. 1.
Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766–1122 B.C.) through the Tang (A.D. 618–906) Dynasty. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938, p. 24, cat. no. 284.
Priest, Alan. Chinese Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944, p. 35, cat. no. 30, pl. 62.