Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Buddha Triad
Copper alloy
Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Buddha Triad
CHINA, Jiangsu, Suzhou; Song dynasty
This complex piece was discovered in 1956. The triad is supported by a lotus plant rising from the base. A seated central Buddha appears on a blooming flower, flanked by two standing Bodhisattvas. Their flaming nimbuses are joined at the top to form an encompassing openwork mandorla. The Buddha wears monastic robes and holds his open right hand away from the body. The sinuous Bodhisattvas are symmetrically positioned, and long stoles fall the length of their bodies to overlap the lotus plant. The Bodhisattva on the left carries a vase in one hand, while the other steadies the fall of a diagonal bead ornament at the hip.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 384.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Buddha Triad." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 384.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Buddha Triad" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:384.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Buddha Triad. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 384).
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