Amitayus Buddha
Gilt brass
Amitayus Buddha
NEPAL
The Buddha wears a crown shaped like a lotus bud as well as other ornate jewelry with floral motifs. The figure is elongated with a thin waist and the monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare. The Buddha is seated in full lotus position with hands in dhyana (meditation) mudra while supporting a vase. The throne of inverted lotus petals rests on a rectangular platform. The outward facing peacocks below are iconographic representations of Amitayus’s mount. The piece of fabric that drapes over the base displays a Dharma wheel on a lotus leaf. While the throne and base are of Nepalese design, the style of the statue is Tibetan.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 38.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Amitayus Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 38.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amitayus Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:38.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amitayus Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 38).
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