Seated Wooden Avalokitesvara held at Gangneunggwaneumsa Temple

This wooden statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is presumed to have been made in the transitional period between the late Goryeo and early Joseon dynasties. It contains no votive objects placed inside the statue, and its original appearance is difficult to make out beneath a thick layer of later regilding. It has also undergone partial repairs, evident in the unnatural left arm and in fingers of differing thickness. Even so, it is considered worthy of designation and preservation as an extremely rare early-Joseon wooden bodhisattva statue seated in the relaxed, one-knee-raised royal-ease posture, of which very few examples survive in Gangwon State.

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Where it is

Region

Gangneung, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산