Seated Bodhisattva
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Seated Bodhisattva
CHINA; Song dynasty
The Bodhisattva is seated in the posture of royal ease with one hand on the ground for support. The other arm rests on the knee with the hand forming the lotus mudra. An ornate headdress secures the Bodhisattva’s hair from which ribbons hang. The serious face is long, the nose sharp and the mouth downturned. The figure has the three lines on the neck that signify a great person and a jeweled ornament hangs across the chest. Stoles are draped from the shoulders and wind down to the skirt, the folds of which are carefully detailed.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 991.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 991.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:991.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seated Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 991).
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