Seated Bodhisattva
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Seated Bodhisattva
CHINA; Song dynasty
This Bodhisattva is seated in the posture of royal ease, a form frequently associated with images of Avalokitesvara in the Song dynasty. The figure’s plaited hair falls from below an elaborate headdress. The Bodhisattva wears a long, fluidly depicted lower garment. The thighs and shins are clearly outlined, but the exposed feet have broken. The bare muscular chest is crisscrossed with stoles that fall to drape the arms. The Bodhisattva wears a variety of delicately rendered jewelry. The extended right forearm rests on the upright knee while the left arm is bent, the hand extended in a position that is both dynamic and composed.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 990.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 990.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:990.
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. 990).
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