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Liurong Temple Great Hero Hall: Three Buddhas
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Liurong Temple Great Hero Hall: Three Buddhas
CHINA, Guangdong, Guangzhou; Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1663; Commissioned by Shang Kexi; Copper alloy; H: 600 cm
The three Buddhas are the largest in Guangdong and each weighs 10 t. It was made in 1663 at Dafo Temple in Guangzhou, and was enshrined at Liurong Temple in 1983.
The Buddhas sit cross-legged on lotus thrones with Sakyamuni at the center, making the bhumisparsa (earth-touching) mudra; Amitabha is on the left, distinguished by the varada (wish-granting) mudra and the Medicine Buddha on the right forms the dhyana (meditation) mudra. Behind each figure is a fretted flame-patterned circular nimbus intersecting with an aureole. Around Sakyamuni’s nimbus seven Buddha images are seated, while those of the other two have a single Buddha at the top and are ornamented with phoenixes. |
