Maitreya Buddha
Gilt bronze
Maitreya Buddha
CHINA; Northern Wei dynasty
The figure stands upon a plain, four-legged stand and makes the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra with the right hand while grasping a trailing stole in the other. The monastic robe crosses the chest and is draped over the left shoulder while a sash secures the skirt at the waist.
The mandorla contains a plain nimbus and aureole that are both accentuated by a five-ridged rim. The rest of the mandorla is filled with stylistic flames. An inscription on the statue identifies it as Maitreya, dating it to 484 and naming Li Riguang and Li Shanzhi as the patrons.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 667.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 667.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:667.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 667).
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