Seated Buddha
Gilt bronze
Seated Buddha
CHINA; Tang dynasty
The Buddha is seated on a Sumeru throne with a reversed lotus base. The stepped octagonal supports are mounted on a four-legged stand with a serrated upper edge. The figure’s left hand is raised in a mudra, and the right hand is probably in bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra. The Buddha’s monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare and shows the inner robe secured at the waist. The excess material is draped over the throne in cascading folds. The petal-shaped mandorla behind the figure encloses a radiating lotus nimbus within its flame-filled surface.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1007.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1007.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1007.
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. 1007).
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