Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand
Bronze
Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand
CHINA; Tang dynasty
The stand consists of the Seven Buddhas of the Past including Sakyamuni and the six preceding Buddhas, namely Vipasyin, Sikhin, Visvabhu, Krakucchanda, Kanakamuni, and Kasyapa. A hexagonal stand supports a petaled lotus from which emerges a branched system of blossoms that carry the images in three tiers, with one on the topmost tier and three on each of those below. The figures are simply cast with high usnisas and lotus petal nimbuses. They wear monastic robes that cover both shoulders and sit cross-legged, their hands held in front, as in the dhyana (meditation) mudra.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1045.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1045.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1045.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1045).
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