Avalokiteśvara in white clothes has a kind look, and is sitting in the lotus position on the rock. The background has rocks and bamboo grove, create the imagery of the Avalokiteśvara in the bamboo grove. This is one of the common variations of imagry for the Avalokiteśvara faith at Mount Putuo.
Using blue-green landscape technique to illustrate the rocks, and placing six cranes around the Avalokiteśvara is not a Buddhist tradition, but a symbolism of the painting for good fortune from the Ming/Qing Dynasty period call “six cranes welcoming spring”. Xia Jing Shan showed his thoughtfulness by combining the traditional Buddhist imagery construction with the secular celebratory theme and material.
简中｜竹鹤观音
Paintings
Xia Jing Shan
ink and color on paper
176.7x77
2011
題跋：觀世音菩薩耳根法門返聞問自性方法最宜於末法眾生修行 與佛慈身同體大悲之妙力救七難解三毒應二求顯卅二應身 辛卯年九月於京夏荊山敬書時年八十七
印記：佛光普照印上佛像肖形（朱文鳥蟲篆）、夏氏（朱文）、夏荊山（白文）、楠竺居士（朱文）、荊山藏畫（白文）
Showcased at “Xia Jing Shan Art Exhibition”,National Museum of China,2018.
AV-00012-W-GH
