Maijishan Niche 147: Seated Buddha
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Maijishan Niche 147: Seated Buddha
CHINA, Gansu, Tianshui; Northern Wei dynasty
This Buddha is located on the back wall of Niche 147. The head, crowned with a high usnisa, displays finely carved slender eyes and smiling lips. A small amount of residual color remains on the inner robe. Sculpted with fine lines, the outer robe has overlapping folds that resemble a wave pattern. Seated in full lotus position, the Buddha forms the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra with the right hand, and the varada (wish-granting) mudra with the left hand. Most of the sculpture’s fingers are missing. The flame-patterned mandorla has lost its colors. At one time, there were two flanking Bodhisattvas.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, page 810.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maijishan Niche 147: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 810.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maijishan Niche 147: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo, 7:810.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maijishan Niche 147: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves M-Mo (Vol. 7, pp. 810).
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