DOI Heft:
Nr. 332 (January 1925)
DOI Artikel:Perrault, James: Chinese Bodhisattvas
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19984#0035
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of great loveliness adorning flat, formless bodies.
The favorite representation of these early cen-
turies is that of Buddha Maitrieya, the Buddha
that is to come, the God of Love; sometimes
shown as a Buddha and sometimes as a Bod-
hisattva.
BODHISATTVA, BRONZE t'aNG DYNASTY
AVALOKITESVARA, BRONZE GILT SUI DYNASTY
In the fourth century, when Tartar tribes con-
quered northern China and, taking the name of
the preceding dynasty, the Wei, ruled until the
middle of the sixth century, they gave Chinese
sculpture its first great impetus. With the natural
enthusiasm of conquerors and of a people newly
J A N U
a R y I925 tw0 ninety.Jive
of great loveliness adorning flat, formless bodies.
The favorite representation of these early cen-
turies is that of Buddha Maitrieya, the Buddha
that is to come, the God of Love; sometimes
shown as a Buddha and sometimes as a Bod-
hisattva.
BODHISATTVA, BRONZE t'aNG DYNASTY
AVALOKITESVARA, BRONZE GILT SUI DYNASTY
In the fourth century, when Tartar tribes con-
quered northern China and, taking the name of
the preceding dynasty, the Wei, ruled until the
middle of the sixth century, they gave Chinese
sculpture its first great impetus. With the natural
enthusiasm of conquerors and of a people newly
J A N U
a R y I925 tw0 ninety.Jive