Prince Siddhartha at Birth
Gilt bronze
Prince Siddhartha at Birth
CHINA; Qing dynasty
This figurine depicts the newly born Prince Siddhartha as he takes his first seven steps in Lumbini Garden. Pointing with his left hand to the sky and his right hand at the ground, he announced his future destiny with the words, “I am supreme in both Heaven and Earth.” The child wears a traditional Chinese bellyband and stands on a double lotus pedestal, signifying the lotus flowers that blossomed under his feet as he walked. Statues in this mudra are identified with the Buddha Washing Ceremony when his birth is celebrated.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 840.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Prince Siddhartha at Birth." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 840.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Prince Siddhartha at Birth" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:840.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Prince Siddhartha at Birth. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 840).
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