Sinboksa Temple: Seated Buddha
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Sinboksa Temple: Seated Buddha (side)
Sinboksa Temple: Seated Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, Gangwon, Gangneung; Goryeo dynasty
The sculpture was carved around the 10th century and is listed as Treasure No. 84 in 1963. The Buddha rests on a lotus throne in the posture of royal ease with hands in a variation of the bodhyangi (wisdom fist) mudra in which the finger of the right hand is clasped in the left hand. This mudra may identify the figure as Vairocana Buddha. An octagonal canopy rests above the tall headpiece and hair beneath extends to the Buddha’s shoulders. The deep folds of a stole flow over the bared chest but leave the navel uncovered. The folds of the skirt about the waist were at one time carefully carved. The tenons that secured the statue to the throne is visible where they are broken off.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1101.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 1101,
title = {{Sinboksa Temple: Seated Buddha}},
volume = 12,
year = {2016}}