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Standing Bodhisattva |
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Standing Bodhisattva
KOREA; Baekje period (18 BCE–663 CE); Gilt bronze; H: 7.5 cm; Buyeo National Museum, South Korea
This figurine is the left-hand Bodhisattva in the kind of triad known as three honored ones under one mandorla. " A fragment of the mandorla with a foliar design is still attached. The figure wears a corroded three mountains crown and carries a jewel between closed hands. The reversed lotus pedestal on which the Bodhisattva stands tilts the body forward. A stole falls from the shoulders to form a deep double loop across the robe |