흥천사 사십이수(四十二手) 천수천안 관음보살상(千手千眼觀音菩薩像)의 도상특징과 편년연구

Abstract

The Heungcheonsa Avalokitesvara Statue is probably the most likely to have been built and enshrined in Heungcheonsa, one of Royal temples by a national master with the outstanding work of 1 myeon and 42 su of Sahasra bhuja-Sahasranetra Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statues. The iconographic feature of Heungcheonsa Sashipyisu Avalokitevara statues is Sahasra bhuja-Sahasranetra Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statues with 1 myeon and 42 su, and this iconographic feature is judged as a statue derived from Jitongyeok Cheonancheonbi Avalokitesvara Dharani Shinju Sutra. This Cheonsu Avalokitesvara Statue is similar to the Cheonsu Avalokitesvara Statues belonging to the Tibet style around 1450, and thus represents the Bodhisattva statue of the tall figure system formed around 1450. Thus, it was found that the Bodhisattva statue is important as a representative of the tall figure leggy style. These 42 items of Sahasra bhuja-Sahasranetra Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statues are one of the four existing Sahasra bhuja-Sahasranetra Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statues. Therefore, it is not only precious in its rarity, but we can also grasp some of the tendencies of early Joseon faith. Thus, it is true that these are valued as very valuable Sahasra bhuja-Sahasranetra Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statues.