COLLECTION NAME:
smart_test
Record
Title:
Standing Bodhisattva
Description:
Standing bodhisattva of carved lacquered wood construction with traces of original gilding; and with partial set of original woodblock-printed consecration sutras remaining in the hollow of the head. The bodhisattva's hand gestures (S: mudra) the left and the right hands are in the same positions in that the thumbs and the middle fingers of each hand are touching. This gesture is a variation of the vitarka mudra (S), which may be translated as the Reasoning or Discussion Mudra, which is usually associated with Buddha Amitabha. This statue may therefore represent the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (S), Guanyin (C), Gwan-eum (K) who's parent buddha is Amithabha.
Attribution:
null
Date:
circa 1633
Primary Maker:
Monk-Sculptor Yeongsaek
Medium:
Carved lacquered wood construction with traces of original gilding, with partial set of original woodblock-printed consecration sutras remaining in the hollow of the head
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/2 × 9 × 11 in. (74.9 × 22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Paul and Miriam Kirkley Fund for Acquisitions
Object number:
2010.116a-e
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Standing Bodhisattva
