Standing Bodhisattva
Wood
Standing Bodhisattva
CHINA; Liao to Jin dynasty
The elegant Bodhisattva is standing with the left arm raised in vitarka (teaching) mudra and the right hand lowered over the body. The figure’s hair is swept into a high topknot. The distinctive features in the well-rounded face include a mid-forehead urna, downcast eyes, a hook-like nose, imperious mouth, and double chin above a neck with the three lines of a great person. The upper body is bared except for a complex necklace and a stole that is knotted around the chest. The top of the long skirt is turned over and tucked, as well as tied at the waist.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1120.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Standing Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1120.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Standing Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1120.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Standing Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1120).
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