Wanfo Temple: Buddha and Attendants
Sandstone
Wanfo Temple: Buddha and Attendants
CHINA, Sichuan, Chengdu; Southern Liang dynasty
The sculpture was excavated from the site of Wanfo Temple and it depicts a Buddha flanked by two disciples and two Bodhisattvas. The Buddha sits cross-legged on a rectangular throne. The right hand forms the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra while the left hand is lowered in another mudra. Two donors are located in front of the Buddha’s throne while two lions flank either side. An elaborate mandorla rises above these figures. The inner section of the mandorla contains seven seated Buddhas while the outer rim is filled with apsaras with fluttering stoles.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1310.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Wanfo Temple: Buddha and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1310.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Wanfo Temple: Buddha and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1310.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Wanfo Temple: Buddha and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1310).
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