Buddha Triad
Gilt bronze
Buddha Triad
CHINA; Sui dynasty
The three statues are supported on a rectangular platform engraved with an inscription on the front side. The central Buddha stands on an inverted lotus pedestal placed on an openwork base. A petal-shaped nimbus frames the Buddha’s head and he wears a monastic robe with simple incised folds. The hands are held in the abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (wish-granting) mudras. The accompanying Bodhisattvas stand on foliage slotted into the platform. They wear crowns with ribbons and stoles that drape buoyantly down their slim bodies. They carry attributes in one hand. Petal-shaped nimbuses tilt forward from behind the Bodhisattva’s heads.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 216.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Buddha Triad." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 216.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Buddha Triad" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:216.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Buddha Triad. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 216).
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