Standing Bodhisattva
Sandstone
Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA; Northern Qi dynasty
The Bodhisattva wears an elaborate headdress and jewelry that, judging from its pattern, suggests Shanxi as the original provenance. The square face, balanced on an elongated neck, looks downwards with a serene expression. Parallel feet emerge below an ornamented skirt secured by a knot in the shape of an animal head. The forearms are missing, and much of the original coloring and gold leaf is gone. A statue of this height, nearly three times life-size, is rare.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1112.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1112.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1112.
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. 1112).
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