《须弥福寿：当扎什伦布寺遇上紫禁城》Xumi Fushou: Dang Zhashenlunbu-si yushang Zijin-cheng (Happiness on the Sumeru Mountain. When the Trashilünpo Monastery meets the Forbidden City). A Catalog of the Special Exhibition held in the Palace Museum (2019-2020), ed. by WANG Xudong et al. Peking 2020, p. 302.
This inscribed bronze statue of a Bodhisattva (presumably Avalokiteśvara) seems to origin from th... more This inscribed bronze statue of a Bodhisattva (presumably Avalokiteśvara) seems to origin from the area “Great Gandhara”. It is found in the Monastery bKra-śis-lhun-po (Trashilünpo) in West Tibet and kept in its treasury under the signature no. Zha/bKra-2588 today.
In connection with the special exhibition "Happiness on the Sumeru Mountain. When the Trashilünpo Monastery Meets the Forbidden City", which took place in the Palace Museum in Peking from December 8th 2019 to January 28th 2020 (organized by the Palace Museum, the Bureau for Cultural Heritage of Tibet Autonomous Region, and the Trashilünpo Monastery), the inscription on this bronze has been deciphered for the first time and published in the exhibition catalog together with a Chinese description of the exhibit no. 112.
According to the short inscription, this bronze statue is a donation (deyadharma) given by Bandhuprabhāsa. From a palaeographic point of view, the inscription and thus the bronze as well can be dated to the early 7th century, approx. 600 to 630 A.D.
《须弥福寿：当扎什伦布寺遇上紫禁城》Xumi Fushou: Dang Zhashenlunbu-si yushang Zijin-cheng (Happiness on the Sumeru Mountain. When the Trashilünpo Monastery meets the Forbidden City). A Catalog of the Special Exhibition held in the Palace Museum (2019-2020), ed. by WANG Xudong et al. Peking 2020, p. 302.
This inscribed bronze statue of a Bodhisattva (presumably Avalokiteśvara) seems to origin from th... more This inscribed bronze statue of a Bodhisattva (presumably Avalokiteśvara) seems to origin from the area “Great Gandhara”. It is found in the Monastery bKra-śis-lhun-po (Trashilünpo) in West Tibet and kept in its treasury under the signature no. Zha/bKra-2588 today.
In connection with the special exhibition "Happiness on the Sumeru Mountain. When the Trashilünpo Monastery Meets the Forbidden City", which took place in the Palace Museum in Peking from December 8th 2019 to January 28th 2020 (organized by the Palace Museum, the Bureau for Cultural Heritage of Tibet Autonomous Region, and the Trashilünpo Monastery), the inscription on this bronze has been deciphered for the first time and published in the exhibition catalog together with a Chinese description of the exhibit no. 112.
According to the short inscription, this bronze statue is a donation (deyadharma) given by Bandhuprabhāsa. From a palaeographic point of view, the inscription and thus the bronze as well can be dated to the early 7th century, approx. 600 to 630 A.D.
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In connection with the special exhibition "Happiness on the Sumeru Mountain. When the Trashilünpo Monastery Meets the Forbidden City", which took place in the Palace Museum in Peking from December 8th 2019 to January 28th 2020 (organized by the Palace Museum, the Bureau for Cultural Heritage of Tibet Autonomous Region, and the Trashilünpo Monastery), the inscription on this bronze has been deciphered for the first time and published in the exhibition catalog together with a Chinese description of the exhibit no. 112.
According to the short inscription, this bronze statue is a donation (deyadharma) given by Bandhuprabhāsa. From a palaeographic point of view, the inscription and thus the bronze as well can be dated to the early 7th century, approx. 600 to 630 A.D.
In connection with the special exhibition "Happiness on the Sumeru Mountain. When the Trashilünpo Monastery Meets the Forbidden City", which took place in the Palace Museum in Peking from December 8th 2019 to January 28th 2020 (organized by the Palace Museum, the Bureau for Cultural Heritage of Tibet Autonomous Region, and the Trashilünpo Monastery), the inscription on this bronze has been deciphered for the first time and published in the exhibition catalog together with a Chinese description of the exhibit no. 112.
According to the short inscription, this bronze statue is a donation (deyadharma) given by Bandhuprabhāsa. From a palaeographic point of view, the inscription and thus the bronze as well can be dated to the early 7th century, approx. 600 to 630 A.D.