Footsteps - Jotaro's Travels: Art Gallery - Taiwan National Palace Museum: Gallery 101 (Compassion & Wisdom: Religious Sculptural Arts)

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Taiwan National Palace Museum: 1st Floor Gallery 101
(Compassion & Wisdom: Religious Sculptural Arts) - November 2017

Mahavairocana Buddha - gilt bronze statue, Sung Dynasty (960-1279).

The National Palace Museum, located in Taipei and Taibao, Taiwan, has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks. Gallery 101 (Compassion & Wisdom: Religious Sculptural Arts) here displays sculptures from the different Chinese dynasties. These were mainly statues of the different forms of Buddha arising from the various scriptures. Buddhist sculpture not only imparts religious ideals, but also conveys worldly concepts of beauty.
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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Holding A Child - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Amitabha Buddha - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Manjusri Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Seated Bodhisattva In Lalitasana Posture - Gilt Bronze Statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Tali Kingdom (12th Century).

Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Sung Dynasty (960-1279).

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Shakyamuni Buddha - gilt bronze statue, Northern Wei Empire (477).

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Tang Dynasty (9th Century).

Stupa - gilt bronze sculpture, Ming Dynasty (dated 1631, mark of Ch'ung-Chen 4th year reign).

Seven Buddhas of the past - gilt bronze statue, Tang Dynasty (late 7th to early 8th Century).

Buddha - gilt bronze statue, Tang Dynasty (late 7th to early 8th Century).

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Tang Dynasty (late 7th to early 8th Century).

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Sui Dynasty to Tang Dynasty (first half of 7th Century).

Buddha - gilt bronze statue, Sixteen Kingdoms Period (5th Century).

Virudhaka Lokapala (guardian of the world) - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Manjusri Bodhisattva - gilt bronze statue, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Gautama Buddha - gilt bronze statue.

This blog comes in several pages, this is Gallery 101 at the first floor galleries and include Religious Sculptural artwork; click below to navigate to other sections:
Go To 3rd Flr
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Go To 2nd Flr
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< Go to Main Museum | Go To 1st Flr Main | Go to 1st Flr 102 >

First Floor Layout Plan National Palace Museum Taipei
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National Palace Museum
(國立故宮博物院)
No. 221, Sec 2, Zhi Shan Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 111.
Entry fee: NTD 250
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