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Cintamanicakra Avalokitesvara
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Cintamanicakra Avalokitesvara
CHINA; Tang dynasty (618–907); Gilt bronze; H: 10.6 cm; Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan
Cintamanicakra Avalokitesvara is described as having six arms and wearing a headdress that includes a Buddha image in the Cintamanicakra Avalokitesvara Sutra. The Bodhisattva is seated in the royal ease posture with the head resting on a hand. The figure wears a few pieces of jewelry and a number of stoles. Most of the hands are missing but they would normally hold a ruyi (wish-fulfilling talisman), prayer beads, a lotus, and Dharma wheel. Statues of this new form of Avalokitesvara gradually became more popular with the spread of Buddhism during the Tang dynasty, however, surviving gilt bronze statues are rare. |
