Medicine Buddha Triad
Gold on indigo paper
Medicine Buddha Triad
KOREA; Joseon dynasty
This painting is one of the many Buddhist artworks commissioned by Queen Munjeong and dedicated to her son King Myeonjong (reigned 1546–1567). Medicine Buddha sits on a lotus throne atop a tall Sumeru base. The Buddha has a usnisa topped with a jewel, long ears, a nimbus, and an aureole. Suryaprabha and Candraprabha Bodhisattvas, wearing decorative robes, stand below the throne joining their palms in reverence. Their headdresses are topped with discs respectively containing a golden bird, a representation of the sun, and a jade hare, representing the moon.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 528.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Medicine Buddha Triad." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 528.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Medicine Buddha Triad" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:528.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Medicine Buddha Triad. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 528).
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