Kongwangshan: Seated Buddha
Gneiss
Kongwangshan: Seated Buddha
CHINA, Jiangsu, Lianyungang; Northern Qi dynasty
The sculpture was discovered on Kongwangshan in 1961. The carving technique of the sculpture is simplistic and typical of eastern seaboard China. The helmet-like hairline is complemented by a low-domed usnisa. Thick eyebrows curve to meet over a triangular nose. The exceptionally long eyes and the mouth are curved chisel cuts but have a slightly raised outline to emphasize the features. The shape of the meditating body is impressionistic but expressive as it bends slightly forward and the falling robe excludes the need for detail. The figure stands out, graduating from high to mid-relief, against a petal shaped mandorla.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 557.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kongwangshan: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 557.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kongwangshan: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:557.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kongwangshan: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 557).
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