Yangzhou Tomb: Plaque with Seated Buddha
Gold
Yangzhou Tomb: Plaque with Seated Buddha
CHINA, Jiangsu, Yangzhou; Five Dynasties
This gold plaque was discovered in a tomb from Yangzhou in 1997. It was created using repoussé technique.
The plaque has a depiction of a Buddha seated in full lotus position on a lotus throne. The Buddha wears a crown, chest ornaments, and robe decorated with a bead pattern. A mandorla made of five delicately engraved lotuses fringed with flower petals surrounds the Buddha, who has his palms joined in reverence.
The use of repoussé technique in the creation of such gold plaques was quite common during the Five Dynasties period.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 376.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yangzhou Tomb: Plaque with Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 376.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Yangzhou Tomb: Plaque with Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:376.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Yangzhou Tomb: Plaque with Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 376).
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