Seated Buddha
Gilt bronze
Seated Buddha
CHINA; Qing dynasty
The Buddha is seated in full lotus position on a double lotus throne with the right hand in the bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra. Sharp curls cover the head and the high usnisa decorated with a jewel. The eyebrows are incised and join to form the flattened ridge of the nose. The ears are elongated and the three lines on the neck are very pronounced, both characteristics listed among the Buddha’s Thirty-Two Marks of Excellence. The monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare and reveals the pleated edge of an inner robe. The folds of the garment are realistically depicted, as are the details of the nails on both hands.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1016.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1016.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1016.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1016).
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