Standing Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA; Sui dynasty
The Bodhisattva stands on a lotus pedestal with the left hand probably held in abhaya (fearlessness) mudra and the right in a mudra where the index finger curves inward. The hair is styled in a topknot and is bound by an ornamented headdress with ribbons falling downward from its sidepieces past the shoulders. A heavy necklace terminates in a large rosette from which hangs a long pendant. Stoles fall over the arms from the shoulders and ripple down to below the pedestal.
The statue’s slender shape is inherited from the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577), while the details of dress are typical of the Sui (581–618) style.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1115.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1115.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1115.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Standing Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1115).
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