Hongtong: Seated Bodhisattva
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Hongtong: Seated Bodhisattva
CHINA, Shanxi, Linfen; Song dynasty
Unearthed from Hongtong in Linfen, this Bodhisattva is seated in the posture of royal ease, and wears a rich headdress fronted with a seated image of Amitabha Buddha and rounded side ornaments from which ribbons trail over the shoulders. A jeweled necklace with wheel ornament and pendants is worn. There is an urna between the sharply defined eyebrows, and the eyes are lowered in the calm face. A stole is draped across the shoulders and loops about the right arm where it rests on the raised knee. The gilded clothing reflects the style of the Song dynasty (960–1279).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 438.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Hongtong: Seated Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 438.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Hongtong: Seated Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:438.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Hongtong: Seated Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 438).
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