Seated Buddha
Gilt bronze
Seated Buddha
CHINA; Northern Qi dynasty
The Buddha sits on a square stand with hands joined in the dhyana (meditation) mudra. The figure’s head is crowned with a large, rounded usnisa and the face beneath is expressively detailed. The head is inclined forward, the movement made more obvious by the large pointed nimbus secured to the head. The nimbus is decorated with a pagoda at the tip. The figure wears a monastic robe across both shoulders with loose sleeves and simple drapery. The inscription on the stand dates the statue to 560.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1001.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1001.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1001.
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. 1001).
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