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Danseong: Seated Buddha

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Danseong: Seated Buddha

SOUTH KOREA, South Gyeongsang, Sangcheong; Unified Silla dynasty

The statue was discovered in the Buddhist temple ruins in Danseong. It was created around the 9th century and was moved to its current location in 1957. The statue was listed as Treasure No. 371 in 1963.
The Buddha is seated in a full lotus position on a lotus throne that is mounted on a large pedestal. A broken mandorla behind the figure shows a double outlined nimbus and aureole. The figure’s right hand is in bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra while the left hand holds a medicine pot. These attributes led experts to speculate that the statue might be the Medicine Buddha. The monastic robe, with rough folds, leaves the right shoulder bare. Damage to the knees, right arm, and elsewhere has been repaired with cement.

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 284.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Danseong: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 284.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Danseong: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:284.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Danseong: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 284).
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