Standing Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA; Eastern Wei dynasty
The Bodhisattva is depicted standing on a semicircular pedestal incised with lotus petals and supported on top of a four-legged stand. Inscriptions on the stand date the statue to 536 of the Eastern Wei dynasty.
The figure is enclosed in a flame-shaped mandorla engraved with swirling, stylized flames. A lotus patterned nimbus is around the head of the slender figure. The Bodhisattva wears a broad-sleeved robe, the hem and skirt of which flare outward.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1112.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1112.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1112.
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. 1112).
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