六臂观音鎏金铜像

　　GILDED COPPER STSTUE OF SIX-ARMED AVALOKITESVARA

　　约公元10-11世纪10TH -11TH

　　高32厘米HEIGHT 32CM

　　收藏单位：布达拉宫管理处POTALA PALACE COLLECTION

　　六臂观音是观音菩萨的化身之一。六臂分别作转法车仑印，与愿印，持念珠和戟等，观音半跏趺坐在圆柱形莲花座上，示现庄严自在之相，下有束腰长方台，背光饰火焰，造型别致精细。六臂观音造形在西藏造像中很少见到，常见的观音有四臂观音，十一面观音和千手千眼观音，这尊造像可能是克什米尔工匠的作品。

　　SIX-ARMED AVALOKITESVARA IS ONE OF THE INCARNATIONS OF AVALOKITESVARA 。THE SIX ARMS ARE RESPECTIVELY IN THE GESURES OF TURNING THE WHEEL OF DHARMA ，AND HOLDING ROSARY AND TRIDENT SEATED ON THE LOTUS PEDESTAL WITH HER RIGHT LEG PENDENT，AVALIKITESVARA IS WEARING A SOLEM FACIAL EXPRESSION ，THE SQUARE SHAPED BASE OF THE STATUE IS CONCAVED AT THE WAIST ，THE BACK FLAMES ARE CAST IN AN EXQUISITE ARRANGEMENT ，THIS KIND OF SIX-ARMED AVALOKITESVARA ，ELEVEN-FACED AND THOUSAND-ARMED AVALOKITESVARA STATRES ARE OFEN SEEN IN TIBET THIS STATUE IS PROBABLY THE WORK OF A KASHMIR ARTISAN 。