Icheondong: Standing Buddha
Stone
Icheondong: Standing Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Andong; Goryeo dynasty
The styling of the face and garments suggest that the figure was created in the 11th century, during which several similar large sculptures were carved from the landscape. It was listed as Treasure No. 115 in 1963.
The Buddha’s head has been separately carved from a boulder and set at the top of a tall rock that suggests the broad shoulders below. The surface has been incised to indicate the folds of a monastic robe. Higher up, a protrusion in the rock has been used to imply an arm bent upward, above which the hand is opened, forming a mudra carved in low relief.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, page 430.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Icheondong: Standing Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 430.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Icheondong: Standing Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L, 6:430.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Icheondong: Standing Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves R-L (Vol. 6, pp. 430).
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