Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva
Jade
Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva
CHINA, Shanghai; Yuan dynasty
This figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva was recovered from the underground palace of Fahua Pagoda in 1996. The Bodhisattva has a large round head with a jocular face, closed eyes, and earlobes that hang down to the shoulders. Clad in a dark-colored robe with naturally flowing folds, the left hand is placed on the knee and the right rests on a platform.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 87.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 87.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:87.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 87).
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