Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Seated Buddha
Copper alloy
Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Seated Buddha
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Song dynasty
The Buddha wears a monastic robe that leaves the right shoulder bare and drapes over the feet. The figure sits in full lotus position with hands in Dharmacakra (Dharma wheel) mudra. A tenon on the back of the statue indicates where a mandorla was attached.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1431.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1431.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1431.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1431).
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