Taiyin Temple South Hall: Reclining Buddha
Wood
Taiyin Temple South Hall: Reclining Buddha
CHINA, Shanxi, Yuncheng; Jin dynasty
This 4 m long and 1.5 m high, Buddha statue is located within a wooden niche three bays wide. The Buddha’s head rests upon his right hand while his left arm extends along the body. The head is turned to look serenely upward with a fixed gaze. The monastic robe covers both shoulders and its raised folds descend in a regular pattern to the feet placed side by side. The background is a later addition painted in 1372 during the Ming dynasty. The painting depicts male and female devotees in Chinese dress. The top of the niche is crowned, and a lotus and lotus petal patterns are drawn along its base.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1191.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Taiyin Temple South Hall: Reclining Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1191.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Taiyin Temple South Hall: Reclining Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1191.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Taiyin Temple South Hall: Reclining Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1191).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z},
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