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Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
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Sakyamuni and Prabhutaratna Buddhas
CHINA; Sui dynasty (581–618), dated 609; Commissioned by Zhang Minle; Gilt bronze; H: 21.8 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
The two identical figures are supported on joint thrones within a niche with an ogee lintel. This composition is mounted on a rectangular four-legged stand. The robed Buddhas sit cross-legged on cushions and have petal-shaped nimbuses incised with radiating circles. The figures' hands are in the conventional abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (wish-granting) mudras. A tendril design is incised on the lintel. The statue was commissioned by Zhang Minle in 609 on behalf of her parents according to the inscription found on the stand. |
