Baima Temple Great Hero Hall: Vaisravana
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Baima Temple Great Hero Hall: Vaisravana
CHINA, Henan, Luoyang; Yuan dynasty
Vaisravana is the leader of the Heavenly Kings and guardian of the north. He is richly armored and holds a small pagoda in his left hand and a spear in his right hand. Ribbons flutter from his crown and floating stoles wind down the length of his body. Complex ornaments descend from the nose ring of the lion at the base of the breastplate and are also depicted in motion. Although the figure faces forward, the movement of the clothes and accessories offsets the statue’s static position.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 113.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Baima Temple Great Hero Hall: Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 113.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Baima Temple Great Hero Hall: Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:113.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Baima Temple Great Hero Hall: Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 113).
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