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Birosa Temple: Amitabha and Vairocana Buddhas

SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Yeongju; Unified Silla dynasty (668–935); Stone
These gilded sculptures date from about 900 and originally had a lotus throne and mandorla. They were listed as Treasure No. 996 in 1989.
　 Vairocana Buddha is located on the right, identified by the bodhyangi (wisdom fist) mudra. The figure wears a monastic robe that covers both shoulders. Amitabha Buddha is seated on the left in robes that cover the left shoulder only. The hands are in a variation of the dhyana (meditation) mudra. It is conjectured that the same sculptor made both statues due to their similarities.

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