Seated Gongju Yeongeunsa Temple Wooden Avalokitesvara

This wooden seated image of Avalokitesvara is enshrined in Wontongjeon Hall at Yeongeunsa Temple, within Gongsanseong Fortress (a historic site) in Gongju, and appears to have been made in the mid-17th century. It sits on an octagonal pedestal in a slightly hunched posture. The head bears a wooden crown carved with a bird of paradise, and the compassionate facial expression and the rendering of the features are natural. Although it is a bodhisattva image, it takes on the same monastic robes and posture as a Buddha image, seemingly intended to express the Buddha-like status appropriate to its role as the principal image of Wontongjeon Hall.

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Where it is

Region

Gongju, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산