Standing Bodhisattva
Gilt copper alloy
Standing Bodhisattva
NEPAL
The kingly Bodhisattva stands on a double lotus pedestal. The advancing left foot throws the body’s weight to the right and displaces the waist to the left. The head remains upright beneath an elaborate three-leaf crown. A double-stranded necklace hangs below the neck with three lines, and a similar jeweled belt with a flower ornament secures the buoyant skirt. A sacred thread passes over the bared torso and a knotted sash crosses from hip to thigh in the opposite direction. A hollow oval nimbus surrounded with flames is about the head. The figure holds a lotus in the left hand while the right hand holds either a fruit or a gem.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1128.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1128.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1128.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Standing Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1128).
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