Seated Buddha
Bronze
Seated Buddha
CHINA; Northern Wei dynasty
The Buddha has a high usnisa and long earlobes. He wears a monastic robe over the left shoulder with an inner robe beneath, sculpted in dense and delicate drapery that suggests Gandharan influence. The right arm is raised in the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra. The figure sits with legs in the lotus position upon a square Sumeru throne guarded by two seated lions at its foot. The throne is perched upon a four-legged square stand, embossed with foliated designs and figures making offerings.
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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