Yongmiri: Standing Buddhas
Stone
Yongmiri: Standing Buddhas
SOUTH KOREA, Gyeonggi, Paju; Goryeo dynasty
The two Buddhas within this triad illustrate the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) trend of creating large Buddhas from natural rock formations. The standing Buddhas were listed as Treasure No. 93 in 1963.
The life-size statues are carved in the local style. Their geometrically shaped crowns, heads and necks were fashioned separately and assembled atop fissured rocks that have been chiseled to suggest monastic robes. Level with their shoulders, a much smaller figure is perched on a square base to the left, with palms joined in the same manner as the figure with a square headdress found to the right.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z, page 1550.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yongmiri: Standing Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z, vol. 9, 2016, pp. 1550.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yongmiri: Standing Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z, 9:1550.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yongmiri: Standing Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves T-Z (Vol. 9, pp. 1550).
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