Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara

Published/Created:

Japan, Nara: Hokkeji
ca. 750-800 or 800-850

Physical Description:

H: 100 cm
pure wood (kaya, Japanese nutmeg), slight paint, single block construction

Notes:

Said to be in the style of the Tang painter Wu Daoxuan (Wu Daozi, 680-740, painter to Xuanzong).

Variant Titles:

Sk: Sahasrabhuja-sahasranetra, Jp: Senju Kannon
千手観音立像

Topics:

Sculpture -- Japan -- Heian period, 784-1185 -- (YVRC)
Sculpture -- Japan -- Nara period, 710-784 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

MHY02005

Genre:

sculpture: statues (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan Personal Collection)

Source Note:

Nihon bijutsu zenshu 5 Mikkyo jiin to butsuzo, Heian kenchiku chokoku I, Kodansha, 1992 日本美術全集5 密教寺院と仏像 (講談社), 1992

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Nara, Japan: Hokkeji

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 310119

OID:

579972

PID:

digcoll:2076955