Medicine Buddha
Gilt bronze
Medicine Buddha
KOREA; Unified Silla dynasty
The figure stands with the right hand in abhaya (fearlessness) mudra and a medicine pot, that identifies this Buddha, in the left. Further signs of the figure’s enlightened status include the large usnisa, elongated earlobes that touch the shoulders and the three lines on the neck. The Buddha wears a monastic robe that bares the right shoulder. The thin material clinging to both legs is a sign of the work’s mid-8th century origin. The wooden lotus pedestal supporting the statue was added at a later stage.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 714.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Medicine Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 714.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Medicine Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:714.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Medicine Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 714).
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