Sera Monastery Central Hall: Maitreya Buddha
Gilt copper alloy
Sera Monastery Central Hall: Maitreya Buddha
CHINA, Tibet, Lhasa; Qing dynasty
The statue of Maitreya, the future Buddha, is 6 m high and wears a five-leaf golden crown inlaid with gems with seated Buddhas enshrined within the niches of the three leaves at the front. The gilded and square face appears dignified and solemn with slender eyebrows, an urna in the center of the forehead, a flared nose, and a painted mouth. The hands are raised in the Dharmacakra (Dharma wheel) mudra. An elaborate mandorla with scrolling designs is behind the figure.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1043.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sera Monastery Central Hall: Maitreya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1043.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sera Monastery Central Hall: Maitreya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1043.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sera Monastery Central Hall: Maitreya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1043).
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