Bodhisattva Arya-Avalokiteśvara

Wood, single block construction
H 172.5
Heian period　
10th century

Bodhisattva Arya-Avalokiteśvara
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 This statue came from the Buddhist hall of Ōmiya-jinja Shrine in Kameoka city, Kyoto Prefecture. It was thought to be made in the latter half of the tenth century, however it strongly retains traditional elements of the Esoteric Buddhist sculptures in the ninth century, such as a posture of twisting waist and slightly uplifted right foot, as well as the cylindrical diadem and the fleshy face.
 
Yasuo Inamoto 
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.141, no.129. 

Accession Number 1015-0
Category Sculptures
Bibliography Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2013, 168p. Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2012, 168p. Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, 160p. Masterpieces from the Collection of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1997, 350p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Sculptures. Nara National Museum, 1989, 111p. (Japanese)

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