Statuaire bouddhiste / Buddisht Sculpture

Seated Maitreya, Northern Wei dynasty, dated 512. Marble, height 40,3 cm. National Gallery of Prague Vp 3176. Small votive sculptures made of bronze or stone were predominantly made for use in home shrines and facilitated the spread of Buddhist iconography throughout the Chinese territory. In the beginning, they mostly portrayed the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. However, the identity of the statues changed with the developing Buddhist doctrine throughout the 5th and 6th centuries. In this period, the popularity of... [Lire la suite]

Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus throne, Sui dynasty, ca 600 AD. Gilded bronze, height 13 cm. National Gallery of Prague, Vp 1821. Small bronze votive sculptures were predominantly made for use in home shrines and facilitated the spread of Buddhist iconography throughout the Chinese territory. In the beginning, they mostly portrayed the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. However, the form of the statues changed with the developing Buddhist doctrine and the classic arrangement with a single figure of the seated Buddha was later... [Lire la suite]

Seated Buddha with a Flaming Nimbus, 5th Century. Bronze, gold; height 29 cm. Cast by the lost wax technique. Collection of Kinsky Palace, National Gallery of Prague, Vp 453. Buddhism came to China around the beginning of the Christian era, though the large monastery complexes in which the typically Chinese manner of depicting figures from the Buddhist canon was established were not built until the 4th and 5th centuries. The historical Shakyamuni Buddha is frequently seen as a central figure. Captured in the meditation lotus... [Lire la suite]

Painted Gilden Wood Bodhisattva, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Collection of Shanghai Museum.

Stone Buddha, Tang dynasty (618-907), Shanghai Museum., Shanghai Museum.

Stone Lokapala, Tang dynasty (618-907), Shanghai Museum

Stone Bodhisattva, Tang dynasty (618-907), Shanghai Museum.

Stone Bodhisattva, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Collection of Shanghai Museum.  

Bronze Pair of Buddha, Sui Dynasty (581-618). Collection of Shanghai Museum.

Stone Statue of Buddha, Eastern Wei Dynasty (534-50), The Palace Museum, Beijing.