Chengdu: Vimalakirti
Sandstone
Chengdu: Vimalakirti
CHINA, Sichuan, Chengdu; Southern Liang dynasty
This statue was found in 1995. Vimalakirti is depicted sitting on a throne and holding a fan. His hair is tied up and encircled by a radiating nimbus. A golden mountain censer flanked by two Dharma protecting lions is on the base with a human figure standing at each corner. The two figures at the front wear robes with wide sleeves and hold imperial court batons, while the two at the back hold jars. The entire statue was painted and some parts were gilded, while the eyebrows were outlined in ink. This statue is special as Vimalakirti is rarely depicted by himself in artworks.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 246.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Chengdu: Vimalakirti." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 246.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Chengdu: Vimalakirti" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:246.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Chengdu: Vimalakirti. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 246).
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