Standing Buddha
Bronze
Standing Buddha
PAKISTAN
Most Gandharan artworks are made from stone, clay, or stucco. Bronze Buddha statues are rare; most of the surviving examples are standing Buddhas, such as this one. The figure stands on a pedestal. The monastic robe covers both shoulders and falls in deep folds over both arms. The right hand forms the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra while the left hand tightens the turn of the robe around that arm. The nimbus and aureole both consist of three parts. They have a plain inner surface, surrounded by an outer band decorated with vine-like designs. The rim is decorated with cone-shaped flames surmounted by beads.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1151.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1151.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1151.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Standing Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1151).
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