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his graceful depiction of the bodhisattva
Avalokiteshvara seated in lalitasana, the
Tposition of relaxation, demonstrates the full
understanding of casting technology and expressiveness
found in gilt-bronze divine sculpture of the Tang dynasty.
The fully rounded, fleshy form is characteristic of Tang
dynasty style, during which the Chinese sculptural
tradition in all its major mediums attained new heights.

Compare the similar casting seen on a smaller (10.2cm
high) figure of Avalokiteshvara formerly in the collection
of Ivan Hart, attributed to the mid-7th century in Hugo
Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Tokyo, 1967,
pl. 66.

㻭䴠䕍׼ࡷ䋼㔹౽喑౽༬䪿䖖喑㋪㈱ٗ䯲喑ज㺸਽АВ䞲䢼
䛾䥱׼ൾᒏȠנᗲ㶕ᙸ͸ឭ㬊ጟⰥ⪣᜽⛌ȡह᭯ڣЃᱽ䈗͸
䕍׼ϓॵ⮫㟞呷ᩫ͸ࠏ喑⪝ᒖ㉈ॵ喑́䕍׼䷕ᵩ౴◧䅽㚡ీ
⒑͸ᙸȡ
ज℁̭̰̓㈭͚᱌䐰ᄼ㤖㫖׼喍倅10 2ڙܳ喎喑࣌ᆙ
Ivan Hart 㜷㫼喑ృ㺸 Hugo Munsterberg喑ȨChinese
Buddhist Bronzesȩ喑Პϙ喑1967Ꭱ喑ృ❵66ȡ

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