Yinchuan: Heavenly King
Gilt copper alloy
Yinchuan: Heavenly King
CHINA, Ningxia, Yinchuan; Ming dynasty
This statue of a full-bearded general was among several 1986 finds from the same site. It has been tentatively identified as Virudhaka, Heavenly King of the South. The statue is of a male figure in his prime, with head slightly turned to one side and an intent gaze beneath knitted brows. The eyes curve distinctly upwards and the cheek bones are forced high by the clenching of the teeth in the set mouth. The figure is dressed in chain mail with animal-headed shoulder protectors and a separately chained stomach protector secured by a belt below. Moon discs are located on the headdress and a mirror is worn at the center of the chest.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1411.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yinchuan: Heavenly King." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1411.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yinchuan: Heavenly King" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1411.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yinchuan: Heavenly King. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1411).
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