Period:Unknown Production date:5thC
Materials:stucco, 灰泥 (Chinese),
Technique:mould-made, 模製 (Chinese),
Subjects:buddha 佛 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 20 centimetres
Description:
Stucco figurine of a standing Buddha wearing a drapery folded in pleats. The right hand is raised in front of the shoulder in the abhaya mudra (the gesture of no-fear), the left hand holds the robe. The head of the Buddha with the elongated earlobes and the protuberance is surrounded by a nimbus with several layer, for instance a lotus border alternating with plain bands.
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![图片[1]-figurine; 小雕像(Chinese) BM-MAS.340-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00012965_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figurine; 小雕像(Chinese) BM-MAS.340-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00322170_001.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985Standing as well as seated figures of the Buddha appear in the mandorlas of larger sculptural images at shrines in the vicinity of Khotan, and were produced by the same method in one-piece moulds. This and similar figures found in two Buddhist shrines in the Khotan district were gently baked to harden them, and coated with a very thin layer of pure white gypsum to give a porcelain-like finish and colour, over which other pigments were originally applied. The figures were attached to the background of the large mandorla by a pad of clay or stucco.
Materials:stucco, 灰泥 (Chinese),
Technique:mould-made, 模製 (Chinese),
Subjects:buddha 佛 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 20 centimetres
Description:
Stucco figurine of a standing Buddha wearing a drapery folded in pleats. The right hand is raised in front of the shoulder in the abhaya mudra (the gesture of no-fear), the left hand holds the robe. The head of the Buddha with the elongated earlobes and the protuberance is surrounded by a nimbus with several layer, for instance a lotus border alternating with plain bands.
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985Standing as well as seated figures of the Buddha appear in the mandorlas of larger sculptural images at shrines in the vicinity of Khotan, and were produced by the same method in one-piece moulds. This and similar figures found in two Buddhist shrines in the Khotan district were gently baked to harden them, and coated with a very thin layer of pure white gypsum to give a porcelain-like finish and colour, over which other pigments were originally applied. The figures were attached to the background of the large mandorla by a pad of clay or stucco.
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