Baeri: Buddha Triad
Stone
Baeri: Buddha Triad
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Gyeongju; Silla dynasty
These figures were originally discovered on the ground and restored in 1923. They were listed as Treasure No. 63 in 1963.
The central Buddha wears monastic robes with deep sleeves and forms the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra with the right hand and the varada (wish-granting) mudra with the left hand. The stone on which the Buddha is carved in relief serves as a rudimentary mandorla. On the right, a Bodhisattva wears a three-leaf crown and lifts the right hand while the left hand holds a vase. The Bodhisattva on the left is standing upon a double lotus pedestal. The figure has a nimbus that includes five Buddha images. A long ornamented necklace hangs to the figure’s feet. The style is similar to the statues of the Chinese Northern Zhou (557–581) and Sui (581–618) dynasties.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 107.
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 A-F},
pages = 107,
title = {{Baeri: Buddha Triad}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}