선림원지 출토 통일신라 최고 걸작 금동관음보살입상의 도상학적 연구

Abstract

The gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue excavated in 2015 at Seollimwonji, Yangyang is a rare medium-sized gilt-bronze Bodhisattva statue measuring 52 cm in height, and it is given great importance as a bodhisattva statue of the greatest masterpiece of the Unified Shilla. First, the Gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva standing statue excavated from Seollimwonji was excavated on October 15, 2015, during the 4th excavation following the 3rd excavation at Seollimwonji (Dongguk University excavation team). Second, the nature of Seonlimwon is that it was an Avatamsaka order deeply related to Haeinsa and Naksansa-temple, which are the Avatamsaka order of Uisang lineage, and is presumed to have become a Zen temple during the time of Zen Master Honggak. Accordingly, the Seonlimwon gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue was created based on the Avatamsaka thought, and this gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue was not created in Seonlimwon Workshop, but was the gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue, the largest masterpiece created in the central royal workshop. Third, the Seonlimwonji gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue is a gilt-bronze Bodhisattva statue that is closely related to the Anapji Buddha statue and the bodhisattva statue, and is the statue, ornaments, tujogwangbae, and three-tiered pedestal that are the largest and most luxurious one of gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statues in Unified Shilla. Fourth, the Seonlimwonji Gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue remains in an ideal realistic style that transitions to the late Unified Shilla style around the fourth quarter of the 8th century to the first quarter of the 9th century (775-825), and it is a Shilla gilt-bronze Bodhisattva statue in a transitional style when the realistic style began to emerge. Fifth, in the Unification Shilla sculpture history, and further in the Korean sculpture history, it is highly regarded as a gilt-bronze Bodhisattva statue, which holds the significance of being the most luxurious and splendid gilt-bronze Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue among excavated Buddhist statues.