Hwangnyongsa Temple: Head of a Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Hwangnyongsa Temple: Head of a Bodhisattva
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Gyeongju; Silla dynasty
This Bodhisattva head is one of the oldest finds excavated from the site of Hwangnyongsa Temple, and is believed to be created around the late 6th century. The face is square, the eyes elongated, the nose short, and the mouth small. There are indents on the face where the figure’s fingers once leaned against the surface, thus suggesting that the figure is Maitreya, who is traditionally shown in that pose.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 471.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Hwangnyongsa Temple: Head of a Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 471.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Hwangnyongsa Temple: Head of a Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:471.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Hwangnyongsa Temple: Head of a Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 471).
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