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The Bronze Avolokitesvara with the date of the 1st year of Wutai (武泰) during the Northern Wei Dynasty (528 A.D.) Zhang, Yi

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The Bronze Avalokitesvara statue was unearthed at southwest of the Shangliu Village (上柳村) in Handan, Hebei Province, in 1985. The Avalokitesvara held a lotus bud in its right hand and was decorated by a boat-shaped aureole with fire patterns. The statue was created in the 1st year of Wutai (武泰) during the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is currently preserved at Yecheng Buddhist Statues Museum (鄴城佛造像博物館).

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Title
The Bronze Avolokitesvara with the date of the 1st year of Wutai (武泰) during the Northern Wei Dynasty (528 A.D.)
Creator
Zhang, Yi
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2018-07-18
Description
The Bronze Avalokitesvara statue was unearthed at southwest of the Shangliu Village (上柳村) in Handan, Hebei Province, in 1985. The Avalokitesvara held a lotus bud in its right hand and was decorated by a boat-shaped aureole with fire patterns. The statue was created in the 1st year of Wutai (武泰) during the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is currently preserved at Yecheng Buddhist Statues Museum (鄴城佛造像博物館).
Subject
Avalokitesvara; Buddhism; Wutai; Northern Wei dynasty; Yecheng
Geographic Location
Linzhang Xian (China); Handan Shi (China); 36.3427314814815; 114.589918981481
Type
Still Image
Language
eng; chi
Series
Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available
2019-11-15
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0385509
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72282
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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