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Pingliang: Seated Buddha

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Pingliang: Seated Buddha

CHINA, Gansu, Pingliang; Northern Wei dynasty

The Buddha has a high usnisa with a well-defined vortex-patterned hairline. He is seated in full lotus position and wears monastic robes with deeply carved folds that hide his hands and fall in a fan over the base. The lotus nimbus behind him is surrounded by a flame patterned mandorla.

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 817.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Pingliang: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 817.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Pingliang: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:817.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Pingliang: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 817).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 817,
title = {{Pingliang: Seated Buddha}},
volume = 12,
year = {2016}}


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