Seated Bodhisattva
Bronze
Seated Bodhisattva
CHINA; Tang dynasty
The Bodhisattva sits in the relaxation posture with the pendent foot supported on a lotus that grows from below. One hand rests on the knee and the other holds the stole. The braided hair on the tilted head is arranged into a high topknot, from which a few braids scatter over the shoulders. Apart from the necklaces, an extremely long beaded ornament hangs below the throne then loops to either side of the figure’s back. A stole worn across the left shoulder is draped diagonally across the chest like a sacred thread. The style of figure is commonly seen during the High Tang period (712–756) as one of the attendant Bodhisattvas in a Buddha Triad.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 986.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 986.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:986.
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. 986).
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