Bodhisattva in Contemplation
Gilt bronze
Bodhisattva in Contemplation
KOREA; Three Kingdoms Period
The statue depicts a smiling Bodhisattva sitting in the relaxation posture, in the contemplative pose. It was listed as National Treasure No. 83 in 1962. The headdress is plain as is the upper body that is decorated with a collar necklace. The lower body is ornately draped with fabric cascading down the seat in decorative folds. This style is believed to have passed onto the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) from the Eastern Wei (534–550) and then to Korea. This sculpture, believed to be excavated near Andong, has a striking resemblance to another statue kept in Koryuji Temple, Japan.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 171.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bodhisattva in Contemplation." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 171.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bodhisattva in Contemplation" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:171.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bodhisattva in Contemplation. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 171).
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