Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Buddha Triad Niche
Limestone
Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Buddha Triad Niche
CHINA, Shaanxi, Xi’an; Wu Zhou period
The human-headed bird on the lintel makes this relief unique. The hybrid figure is probably one of the Eight Classes of Dharma Protectors, either a garuda or a gandharva. Two figures riding on birds fly toward the central figure.
The throned Buddha sits with legs pendent and right hand in abhaya (fearlessness) mudra. The figure’s circular nimbus is rimmed with sun-like webbing. Bodhisattvas stand on either side, both slightly inclined towards the Buddha. Their nimbuses are peach-shaped. A mountain censer is located beneath the Buddha, guarded by lions.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 385.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Buddha Triad Niche." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 385.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Buddha Triad Niche" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:385.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Buddha Triad Niche. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 385).
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