houbyou　宝瓶

KEY WORD :　art history / sculptures

Also suibyou 瓶. A flower vase, found as an attribute *jimotsu 持物 held in the hand by bodhisattva *bosatsu 菩薩 figures. Sometimes contains a lotus sprig. A good example is the 8c Juuichimen Kannonzou 十一面観音像 in Shourinji 聖林寺, Nara.

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*kebyou 花瓶

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