Gounsa Temple: Seated Buddha
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Gounsa Temple: Seated Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Uiseong; Unified Silla dynasty
The Buddha sits in full lotus position on a throne that rests on an octagonal pillar with a reversed lotus base. The monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare and is carved with regular rippling folds. Despite the broken right hand, its position at the edge of the knee suggests that it was in bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra. The mandorla that envelops the figure is composed of a nimbus and an intersecting aureole, both filled with floral designs and unified by a flaming border. Stylistically, the statue belongs to the 9th century. It was listed as Treasure No. 246 in 1963.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 376.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Gounsa Temple: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 376.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Gounsa Temple: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:376.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Gounsa Temple: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 376).
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