Head of Maitreya Bodhisattva
Stone
Head of Maitreya Bodhisattva
SRI LANKA
The figure displays characteristics of the Amaravati style of southern India. The Bodhisattva has a cylindrical topknot that forms a similar headdress worn by the Hindu god Shiva. The features are somewhat course, the eyes vacant and paired with a prominent nose and low brows. Belief in Maitreya is traced back to as early as the 2nd century in Sri Lanka and reached its height during the 5th century. The majority of Bodhisattva statues that remain in Sri Lanka are of Maitreya.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 421.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Head of Maitreya Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Head of Maitreya Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Head of Maitreya Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 421).
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