Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
Copper alloy
Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
CHINA; Northern Wei dynasty
The two Buddhas are identical in appearance, both wear monastic robes that cover the entire body and sit cross-legged with hands tucked into the sleeves. A concentrically radiating nimbus is behind each head and the pair are united within a petal-shaped mandorla filled with flame patterns. The floating stupa in which Prabhutaratna has arrived to attend Sakyamuni’s exposition of the Lotus Sutra is above the figures. The composition is mounted on a four-legged base. An inscription on the base states the sculpture was dedicated in 485 on behalf of the donor’s parents.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 903.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 903.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:903.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 903).
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