Period:Wei, Jin, Southern & Northern Dynasties Production date:530
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:gilded, cast,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 12.40 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Padmapāṇi; standing on a stand with a back plate; wearing a robe with the flared edges of robes and scarves pulled out into tapering points. Inscribed. Made of gilded cast bronze.
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![图片[2]-figure BM-1947-0712.390-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Wei, Jin, Southern & Northern Dynasties/Bronzes/mid_00331330_001.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985The flame-like robes so characteristic of late Northern Wei sculpture are associated with the carving of the first series of Buddhist cave temples at Longmen. A new manner of depicting drapery was evolved there, in which the flared edges of robes and scarves were pulled out into tapering points, conveying the linear rhythms of Chinese calligraphy and painting. The rounded modelling and semi-naturalistic bunching of the garments on this Padmapāṇi’s feet anticipate sculpture of the succeeding Eastern Wei dynasty (533-50). An important collection of similar Bodhisattvas made on a larger scale in white marble, of the late Northern Wei and Eastern Wei dynasties, has been found at the Xiude temple, Quyang, Hebei province.
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:gilded, cast,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 12.40 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Padmapāṇi; standing on a stand with a back plate; wearing a robe with the flared edges of robes and scarves pulled out into tapering points. Inscribed. Made of gilded cast bronze.
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985The flame-like robes so characteristic of late Northern Wei sculpture are associated with the carving of the first series of Buddhist cave temples at Longmen. A new manner of depicting drapery was evolved there, in which the flared edges of robes and scarves were pulled out into tapering points, conveying the linear rhythms of Chinese calligraphy and painting. The rounded modelling and semi-naturalistic bunching of the garments on this Padmapāṇi’s feet anticipate sculpture of the succeeding Eastern Wei dynasty (533-50). An important collection of similar Bodhisattvas made on a larger scale in white marble, of the late Northern Wei and Eastern Wei dynasties, has been found at the Xiude temple, Quyang, Hebei province.
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