Wat Sisaket: Buddha Statues
Terracotta with bronze and wood
Wat Sisaket: Buddha Statues
Wat Sisaket: Buddha Statues
LAOS, Vientiane
More than 6,840 statues dating between the 16th and 19th centuries are located in a gallery surrounding the ordination hall of the temple. There are also more than a hundred small niches containing two terracotta figurines in each, totaling 2,052. The majority of the works have come from other temples in the city, or districts such as Luang Prabang, and differ in appearance, quality and type of material.
Most of the figures have fine, small curls and their usnisas are either flat or adorned with a lotus bud or a flame ornament. All wear the monastic robe in the style that leaves the right shoulder bare and with the end neatly folding down from the left.
About 120 of the larger statues are placed between the columns of the building. These sit cross-legged with the right hand in bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1331.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z},
pages = 1331,
title = {{Wat Sisaket: Buddha Statues}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}