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Portable Shrine with Sakyamuni Buddha Triad
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Portable Shrine with Sakyamuni Buddha Triad
CHINA; Tang dynasty (618–907); Wood; H: 13.9 cm; Songgwangsa Temple Seongbo Museum, Suncheon, South Korea
This portable shrine is said to have been brought back from Tang dynasty China by National Master Bocheol and placed in Songgwangsa Temple. It was listed as National Treasure No. 42 of South Korea in 1962.
The wooden shrine is cylindrical when closed and consists of a central panel and two side panels when opened. The central panel shows Sakyamuni Buddha seated beneath a canopy with a nimbus and a mandorla behind. He performs the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra with the right hand, while the left hand holds a corner of his robe. Surrounding the Buddha are Bodhisattvas, disciples, donors, children, and a lion. In the side panels of the portable shrine are images of Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas riding on lion and elephant respectively. Above the Bodhisattvas, there are apsaras. |
