Maitreya Bodhisattva
Bronze
Maitreya Bodhisattva
NEPAL
The statue was first cast, then the repoussé technique was applied to achieve finer details. The absorbed figure is seated in full lotus position and has a dome-shaped topknot with a stupa ornament, which identifies the statue as being Maitreya. Another indicator is the hands that are held in Dharmacakra (Dharma wheel) mudra. About the head is a beaded band, and more beads rim the highly detailed neck ornament, arm pieces, and belt. A buoyant stole flies in an arc behind the neck and about the arms. The skirt, secured by a belt, drapes naturally about the legs.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 663.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 663.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:663.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 663).
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