Amitabha Buddha
Gray limestone
Amitabha Buddha
CHINA; Tang dynasty
The Buddha sits in full lotus position on a lotus throne balanced on a square base. One arm rests on the thigh while the other arm is missing. The eyelids are lowered as if in contemplation. The monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare. A broken nimbus is visible behind the Buddha’s head, intersecting with a larger mandorla that is also partly broken. An inscription on the base includes the names of the donors, the year when the sculpture was completed, and the reason for its creation.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 29.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Amitabha Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 29.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amitabha Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:29.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amitabha Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 29).
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