Standing Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA; Eastern Wei dynasty
This votive statue, according to an inscription, originated from Tangxian in Hebei and dates from 534, the year when the Eastern Wei dynasty began. This date makes it a very rare example of devotional image from this era. It is supported on a double four-legged stand, and the figure is incorporated into a mandorla incised with flame patterns. An intersecting triple-rimmed aureole and nimbus are around the figure beyond which protrudes the long lotus stalk carried by the Bodhisattva. The figure wears a lotus-shaped headdress and a long garment that consists of ruffled layers eventually falling below the pedestal.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1111.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1111.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1111.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Standing Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1111).
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