Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas
Limestone
Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas
CHINA; Tang dynasty
Within the niche that frames this composition, Manjusri Bodhisattva is riding a lion on the left, while Samantabhadra Bodhisattva rides an elephant towards him from the right. Both Bodhisattvas have petal-shaped nimbuses and are enthroned with legs pendent on lotuses that grow from the backs of their mounts. Stoles sway about them and reach to the ground. Between them, seven meditating Buddha images are seated on lotuses. Smaller figures of a male and a female stand making offerings at the bottom. The work is one of three which, according to an engraved inscription, were sculpted in 742.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 681.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 681.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:681.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 681).
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