Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha
Copper brass
Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha
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Queen Maya stands in a graceful tribhanga pose with the left foot placed before the right and the body curving upwards as she reaches to support herself on a branch of the asoka tree and give birth to Prince Siddhartha. The child is emerging from the queen’s right side and her left hand is raised in a mudra. The swaying skirt and buoyant fall of the stole add to the rhythmic movement of the sculpture. The composition is fantastically decorated with jewelry that is generously inlaid with semi-precious stones. They appear at the center of the asoka leaves, the large earrings and deep necklace, and the tossing flounces of the skirt.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 587.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 587.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:587.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Birth of Prince Siddhartha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 587).
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