Shijiazhuang: Bodhisattva in Contemplation
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Shijiazhuang: Bodhisattva in Contemplation
CHINA, Hebei, Shijiazhuang; Eastern Wei dynasty
The Bodhisattva wears a lotus headdress and a wide stole that falls to the base. The figure sits in the contemplative posture with left leg hanging over the throne and crossed above the knee by the right leg, where the right elbow is supported. A large circular nimbus surrounds the head. Most of the facial features are indiscernible. An inscription on the back and sides of the base dates the sculpture to 548 and states a nun Jingzun from Zhangdu Temple donated it.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1057.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shijiazhuang: Bodhisattva in Contemplation." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1057.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shijiazhuang: Bodhisattva in Contemplation" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1057.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shijiazhuang: Bodhisattva in Contemplation. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1057).
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