Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
Gilt bronze
Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
CHINA; Northern Qi dynasty
This sculpture depicts a scene mentioned in the Lotus Sutra where Prabhutaratna Buddha shares his seat with Sakyamuni who was expounding the Lotus Sutra. Both Buddhas sit with legs pendent in robes that differ a little in detail. Both figure have a circular nimbus enclosed in twin mandorlas which are incised on a larger petal-shaped back screen. The floating pagoda in which Prabhutaratna arrived is at the apex of the back panel. Flanking both figures are a pair of lions. The inscription found on the four-legged stand dates the statue to 554, and identifies Zhang Guiqing as the patron.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 907.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 907.
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, 12:907.
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. 907).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 907,
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volume = 12,
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