Wutaishan Foguang Temple East Hall: Amitabha Buddha
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Wutaishan Foguang Temple East Hall: Amitabha Buddha
CHINA, Shanxi, Xinzhou; Tang dynasty
The statue is located on the north side bay of the hall. The Buddha is depicted seated cross-legged on a hexagonal Sumeru throne with hands held in mudras. The monastic robe is opened at the front and elaborately adorned with colorful designs of dragons, although the decorations were a later addition. A circular rainbow aureole frames the body that crosses a Dharma wheel nimbus, which is surmounted by flames presented in filigree.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1347.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Wutaishan Foguang Temple East Hall: Amitabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1347.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Wutaishan Foguang Temple East Hall: Amitabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1347.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Wutaishan Foguang Temple East Hall: Amitabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1347).
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