Seated Bodhisattva
Gilt copper alloy
Seated Bodhisattva
CHINA; Northern Song dynasty
The Bodhisattva is seated on a lotus throne in half lotus position with one hand raised and the other in the lap. An ornate headdress supports a topknot from which ribbons fall to the shoulders. Below the three lines on the neck there is a heavy neck ornament. The Bodhisattva’s robe is opened at the front to reveal a knotted inner garment. A wide fold over the left arm hangs down to the less detailed skirt beneath. The petals on the lotus throne alternate in a style popular during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 989.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 989.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:989.
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. 989).
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