Toling Monastery: Seated Buddha
Clay
Toling Monastery: Seated Buddha
CHINA, Tibet, Ngari
This figure is sculpted in the artistic style of the Pala period (circa 8th–12th century). The Buddha has a topknot, elongated earlobes, and the three lines on the neck that signifies a great person. The figure sits upon a lotus throne in full lotus posture and with hands in the dhyana (meditation) mudra. The Buddha’s broad shoulders, covered by a monastic robe, taper to a slender waist. The paint has worn away in many places, and the niche in which the Buddha sits is damaged. The branches of the Bodhi tree curving above the niche suggest the image represents the moment of enlightenment.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1241.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Toling Monastery: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1241.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Toling Monastery: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1241.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Toling Monastery: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1241).
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