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Bodhisattva : Mural in Alopye

Keywords : Avalokitesvara , Bodhisattva, Alopye

Site common nameAlopye
Type of artworkPainting
VillageWetgyi-in
Province/CityBagan
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 21.176667
Long : 94.8825

History of productionAlopye Pagoda has no history of being built by anyone. However, from the style of art and interior painting. This pagoda was built in the early Pagan period about the 16th Buddhist Century.
ArtThese bodhisattvas dressed very similarly to the Pala art like a crown with three faces, S shaped breast chain and streak panung. Including the appearance of two flowers fluttering both sides symmetrically, it indicates the influence of Pala art a lot. The painting itself is a hot tone color likes Pala. All this shows that the age of painting is in the early of Pagan era. The most important aspect for this Bodhisattva is sitting back and the normal Pala Iconography. This shows that the painting is written by a Pakan craftsman.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodPagan
Age10th -13th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectMahayana
Related artworkBodhisattva in the painting is Avalokiteshvar dholding Padma kind of lotus in the left hand while gesturing Varada in the right. Lalitasana posture of sitting is very popular for Bodhisattva in Pala art.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali