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Prince Siddhartha at Birth

KOREA; Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE); Bronze; H: 10.7 cm; Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea
Statues of the infant Buddha-to-be were popular from the 6th until the first half of the 7th century in Korea and developed two styles of representation. The right hand, in one, points to the sky and the left to the earth. In the other, as illustrated here, the right is raised in a mudra in which the two outer fingers are turned down to the palm. The infant stands upon an inverted lotus pedestal wearing a short skirt tied with a bow. This interpretation also influenced contemporary Japanese portrayals of the scene.

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