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Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand
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Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand
CHINA; Tang dynasty (618–907); Bronze; H: 22.9 cm; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
The stand consists of the Seven Buddhas of the Past including Sakyamuni and the six preceding Buddhas, namely Vipasyin, Sikhin, Visvabhu, Krakucchanda, Kanakamuni, and Kasyapa. A hexagonal stand supports a petaled lotus from which emerges a branched system of blossoms that carry the images in three tiers, with one on the topmost tier and three on each of those below. The figures are simply cast with high usnisas and lotus petal nimbuses. They wear monastic robes that cover both shoulders and sit cross-legged, their hands held in front, as in the dhyana (meditation) mudra. |
