Seated Buddha
Limestone
Seated Buddha
CHINA; Ming dynasty
The Buddha sits in full lotus posture on a lotus throne that is positioned on a rectangular platform. The hands are held in the dhyana (meditation) mudra and a monastic robe with widely incised folds covers the left shoulder and is brought around to drape over the other shoulder. The Buddha is enclosed in a mandorla carved with flame patterns around the rim and seven lotuses arching around the figure’s head. The nimbus and aureole are joined together to form a simple shape. An inscription engraved on the platform dates the sculpture to 1591, and declares that the devotee Yin Fu dedicated it for good health and longevity.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1013.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1013.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1013.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1013).
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