Standing Bodhisattva
Gilt bronze
Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA; Northern Wei dynasty
The Bodhisattva stands out in mid-relief from the leaf-shaped mandorla, surrounded by a circular nimbus and a radiating aureole. The outer rim is incised with flame patterns. The Bodhisattva wears a long garment that flows outward, and a neck ornament that hangs to the waist. The right hand is held in the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra while the left hand falls at the side. The figure stands on a pedestal in the shape of an inverted bowl, which is in turn mounted on a four-legged stand. The stand is inscribed with the year 529.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1111.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1111.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1111.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Standing Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1111).
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