Seated Bodhisattva
Dry lacquer
Seated Bodhisattva
CHINA; Yuan dynasty
The image was sculpted in the Nepalese style, which was popular during the Yuan dynasty. The Bodhisattva sits loosely cross-legged, with elegant fingers positioned in the lotus mudra. The plaited hair is rolled into a topknot, and the long earlobes are hollowed. The head and the body are tilted into a graceful curve. The figure is richly adorned with jewelry and was once painted and gilded. The smoothness of the body was achieved through skillful use of the dry lacquer technique.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 991.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seated Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 991.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seated Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:991.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seated Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 991).
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