尺寸：Image: 40 3/8 x 31 1/4 in. (102.6 x 79.4 cm)
年代：15世纪
质地：唐卡 Distemper, gold and ink on cloth
风格：西藏
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Sadaksari-Lokeshvara Surrounded by Manifestations and Monks

This painting represents the “six-syllables form” of Avalokiteshvara, evoking the mantra om mani padme hum. As expounded by the fourteenth Dalai Lama, om denotes the impurities that impede spiritual awareness; mani (jewel) symbolizes the pathway lit by compassion; padme (lotus) defines the tool, wisdom; and hum the indivisible union of wisdom and method—so achieving the purity of body, speech, and mind of Buddhahood. This fundamental teaching is given expression in the purity of this representation of the highest embodiment of compassion. The Dalai Lama is understood to be an incarnation of this form of Avalokiteshvara. Conventionally represented in white, Sadaksari-Lokeshvara is gold here, the most radiant of colors. Surrounding him are bodhisattvas, an array of protectors, and a lineage of monks.

展览:
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Defining Yongle, Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China,” April 1–July 10, 2005.
College of the Holy Cross. “Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam,” January 25, 2010–April 10, 2010.
Loyola University Museum of Art. “Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam,” August 20, 2010–November 14, 2010.
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art. “Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam,” January 26, 2011–May 20, 2011.
Rubin Museum of Art. “Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam,” July 1, 2011–October 30, 2011.

来源:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn , New York (until 1985; sold to MMA)

著录:
“Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 1985–1986.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44, no. 2 (Fall 1986) n.s.. pp. 72–88 (p. 88).
Steven M. Kossak. “Nepalese and Tibetan Art.” Arts of Asia, 24, no. 2, March–April 1994. p. 111, fig. 13.
Watt, James C. Y., and Anne E. Wardwell. When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, p. 201, fig. 86.
Watt, James C. Y., and Denise Patry Leidy. Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005, pp. 89–90, pl. 36.
Raguin, Virginia C., Dina Bangdel, and F. E. Peters, eds. Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. Exh. cat. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2010, p. 19, cat. no. 8.
Leidy, Denise Patry. How to Read Chinese Ceramics. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2015], p. 79, fig. 21.4.