Sakya South Monastery Assembly Hall: Sakyamuni Buddha
Gilt copper alloy
Sakya South Monastery Assembly Hall: Sakyamuni Buddha
CHINA, Tibet, Shigatse
This seated Sakyamuni Buddha statue has a broad face, curled hair, and a high usnisa topped with a gem. The long earlobes, square face, and protruding chin are typical features found on Tibetan sculptures. The figure has been dressed in a fabric robe of red and gold. An alms bowl is held in the left hand while the right hand forms the bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra. The magnificent mandorla behind the statue is 3.8 m high while the actual statue is only 2.5 m high. The mandorla features a protective deity dancing near the crest.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 902.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sakya South Monastery Assembly Hall: Sakyamuni Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 902.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sakya South Monastery Assembly Hall: Sakyamuni Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:902.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sakya South Monastery Assembly Hall: Sakyamuni Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 902).
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