Shiniu Temple: Stone Lantern with Lotus Pedestal
Stone
Shiniu Temple: Stone Lantern with Lotus Pedestal
CHINA, Shaanxi, Xianyang; Tang dynasty
The stone lantern is 193 cm high. The pedestal consists of a base sculpted with mountains and supports an elegantly carved pillar. The entwining dragons on the pillar have their clawed legs overhanging a round base decorated with stylized waves. This represents the water of a lake surrounded by the rough-hewn mountains at the bottom. The octagonal pillar capital supports the lotus base of the body. The central part of the body is a square light box with an opening on all four sides. The hip roof is topped by a finial.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1063.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shiniu Temple: Stone Lantern with Lotus Pedestal." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1063.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shiniu Temple: Stone Lantern with Lotus Pedestal" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1063.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shiniu Temple: Stone Lantern with Lotus Pedestal. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1063).
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