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Xiude Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Xiude Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
 

Xiude Temple: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

CHINA, Hebei, Baoding; Northern Wei dynasty (386–534), dated 529; Commissioned by Wang Qitong; Marble; H: 30 cm; Palace Museum, Beijing, China
The sculpture was excavated from Xiude Temple. The inscription on the back of the statue 's base dates the work to 529 and names Wang Qitong as the donor.
　 The standing Bodhisattva wears a floral headdress and stoles that loop down the body to fall below the inverted lotus pedestal. A circular lotus nimbus intersects with an aureole behind the figure, and both are contained within a flame patterned mandorla.
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