
Bronze
The triad consists of a standing Bodhisattva flanked by seated attendants. The figures have silver inlaid eyes and petal-shaped nimbuses. The extra layers on the lotus pedestal at the center seemed to be additions.
The figure in the center wears a topknot fronted with an Amitabha Buddha image and an ornate circlet. The lower right hand is in varada (wish-granting) mudra while the other hands hold a sutra scroll, a lotus, and prayer beads. The upper body is decorated with ornate jewelry and a sacred thread is worn diagonally across the chest. The belt has two ornamental straps hanging to the knees, worn over a thin fitted lower garment with flaring hems.
The attendants are similar in style to the figure in the center. Both are seated in half lotus position. The figure on the left wears a floriated headdress and has two ornamental straps intersecting over the chest. Both figures hold a lotus in their left hand and make the varada mudra with the right hand.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 104.