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seated in dhyanasana, the hands joined in dhyanamudra on the lap, the sanghati open at the chest to reveal the antaravasaka tied with a cord, the head with strong features, downcast eyes and gentle smile, below tightly curled hair covering the ushnisha and surrounding the oval cudamani, all supported on a separately made pedestal carved to the front with dragons confronted on a ‘fi aming pearl’, with a separate mandorla (3)
Height of fi gure 50? in., 127.5 cm
Massive fi gures such as the present lot, would have been enshrined in the main hall of Buddhist temples, often called the Mahavira Hall, or Hall of the Great Hero. In orthodox temples, the Buddha fi gures are enshrined in sets of three, representing Shakyamuni, Amitabha and Bhaisajyaguru.
Shakyamuni represents our mundane world, while Amitabha presides over Sukhavati, the Pure Land of the West, and Bhaisajyaguru the Pure Land of the East. Amitabha is the most popular buddha in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Recitation of his name is believed to aid one’s rebirth into his Pure Land.
明 木漆金阿彌陀佛坐像
