Huayan Lower Temple Bhagavad Sutra Hall: Attendant Bodhisattva
Lacquered clay
Huayan Lower Temple Bhagavad Sutra Hall: Attendant Bodhisattva
CHINA, Shanxi, Datong; Liao dynasty
This Bodhisattva is one of the attendants of Maitreya in the Bhagavad Sutra Hall. The figure stands in the tribhanga posture. The pose was made popular in the Tang dynasty (618–907). The ornate crown has decorative rosettes arrayed about a central floral medallion and is in openwork. The stole that winds about the arms is almost naturalistic in its execution, unlike the stylized ribbons that descent from the crown to the shoulders. The skirt has been made elaborate by the excess fabric that is tied around the waist. Both hands of the Bodhisattva are held up in reverence.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 464.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Huayan Lower Temple Bhagavad Sutra Hall: Attendant Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 464.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Huayan Lower Temple Bhagavad Sutra Hall: Attendant Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:464.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Huayan Lower Temple Bhagavad Sutra Hall: Attendant Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 464).
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