Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
Gilt bronze
Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
CHINA; Sui dynasty
The two identical figures are supported on joint thrones within a niche with an ogee lintel. This composition is mounted on a rectangular four-legged stand. The robed Buddhas sit cross-legged on cushions and have petal-shaped nimbuses incised with radiating circles. The figures’s hands are in the conventional abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (wish-granting) mudras. A tendril design is incised on the lintel. The statue was commissioned by Zhang Minle in 609 on behalf of her parents according to the inscription found on the stand.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 909.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 909.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:909.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 909).
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