Wanfo Pagoda: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Wanfo Pagoda: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
CHINA, Zhejiang, Jinhua; Northern Song dynasty
The statue was excavated in 1956. Ksitigarbha takes the form of a monk seated in the relaxation posture. A hollow nimbus that is imaginatively formed frames the head and also extends the shape into a flame pattern. The figure wears a monastic robe that covers both shoulders but reveals the inner robe beneath. The right hand is in lotus mudra, while the left hand holds a jewel. The artwork is reminiscent of the southern China during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127). An inscription along the base identifies Wu Erniang as the person who commissioned this artwork.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1304.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Wanfo Pagoda: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1304.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Wanfo Pagoda: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1304.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Wanfo Pagoda: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1304).
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