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Gilt-bronze Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Daeseungsa Temple, Mungyeong

문경 대승사 금동관음보살좌상 ( 聞慶 大乘寺 金銅觀音菩薩坐像 )

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Classification Treasure
Name of Cultural Properties Gilt-bronze Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Daeseungsa Temple, Mungyeong
Quantity 1 Buddha statue
Designated Date 1989.04.10
Age (Late 15th Century)
Address Daeseungsa Temple 283, Daeseungsa-gil, Sanbuk-myeon, Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do

This statue is kept within a glass box at Daeseungsa Temple, which was built in 587 (9th year of the reign of King Jinpyeong during the Silla Period). This statue is estimated to have been made at the end of the 15th century and newly gilt in 1516 (11th year of the reign of King Jungjong of the Joseon Dynasty). It has a magnificent crown on the head, and the hair on the ears covers the shoulders in a scattered way. Both the ears are somewhat short, and the neck has three distinct lines. The robe is draped on the shoulders to cover the arms and knees, with magnificent bead ornaments on the chest, belly, and knees. The right hand is raised to the shoulder with the thumb and second finger touching and the palm facing outward; the left hand is lifted to elbow level, with the thumb and second finger touching and palm facing upward, too. The bead decoration expressed in the chest, belly, and knees is similar to that of the Dry-lacquered Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Jangnyuksa Temple, Yeongdeok (Treasure No. 993) save for the complicated decoration of the shoulders and back concealed within the clothes. As the specific characteristics of this Buddha statue, the top of the skirt right above the knot is expressed in the middle of the long top of the body, as if the Bodhisattva statue were divided into two parts.