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Jikjisa Temple: Medicine Buddha
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Jikjisa Temple: Medicine Buddha
SOUTH KOREA, North Gyeongsang, Gimcheon; Unified Silla dynasty (668–935); Stone; H: 128 cm
The figure is dressed in monastic robes and sits in full lotus position with the right hand opened in varada (wish-granting) mudra and the left hand cupping a medicine bowl. The statue was listed as Treasure No. 319 in 1963.
The sculpture is carved in mid-relief from stone and given an outer border of flames. An intersecting aureole and nimbus with a foliated pattern filling the outer rim are included within the carved area. Weathering has obliterated the statue’s face but the three lines on the neck that signify a great person is still visible. |
