Quyang: Maitreya Buddha
Gilt bronze
Quyang: Maitreya Buddha
CHINA, Hebei, Baoding; Eastern Wei dynasty
Maitreya is depicted standing on a lotus pedestal wearing a loose, flaring gown that falls in overlapping waves to the ankles. The figure’s hands are in the abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (wish-granting) mudras. The circular nimbus behind the Buddha’s head is decorated with a lotus core and has a floriated outer rim. The nimbus and the interconnecting aureole beneath are enclosed within a flaming mandorla.
The four-legged stand has inscriptions engraved on its side and back. The inscription states the sculpture was commissioned by a disciple named Le Long in 536 and identifies the image as Maitreya.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 873.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Quyang: Maitreya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 873.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Quyang: Maitreya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:873.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Quyang: Maitreya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 873).
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