Sacheonwangsa Temple: Four Heavenly Kings
Glazed tile
Sacheonwangsa Temple: Four Heavenly Kings
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Gyeongju; Unified Silla dynasty
This broken remnant was carved around 679 and as such is one of the earliest sculptures of South Korea. Much of the detail was restored following excavation.
The sculpture is in mid relief and coated in a brown glaze. It depicts a king seated on a pair of kneeling demons. The hem of the figure’s lower garment drape over the demons and is decorated with vine-like patterns that replicates the curls on the demon’s head. The garment lifts to show muscled legs and sandaled feet. The work is inset within a raised decorative rectangular border surrounded by a plain edge.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 887.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sacheonwangsa Temple: Four Heavenly Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 887.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sacheonwangsa Temple: Four Heavenly Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:887.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sacheonwangsa Temple: Four Heavenly Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 887).
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