vesica; 雙圓光輪(Chinese) BM-MAS.1090

Period:Unknown Production date:6thC-7thC
Materials:wood, gold, 木 (Chinese), 黃金 (Chinese),
Technique:carved, gilded, 雕刻 (Chinese), 鍍金的 (Chinese),
Subjects:buddha 佛 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Height: 51.30 centimetres Width: 12.20 centimetres

Description:
Part of an arch-shaped vesica carved in wood and then gilded. Shown are five Buddhas in meditation pose (padmasana), each seated on a lotus and against a halo and mandorla ending in a flame border.
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Comments:Zwalf 1985Small seated figures of the Buddha in meditation are commonly found in the mandorlas or edging the haloes of larger images, in the Gandharan tradition. The shrines at Mingoi were free-standing, many with a rich decoration of small stucco figures. In this case the main image may also have been of clay or stucco, with a wooden surround, tenoned and mortised to fit. Similar carved and gilt wooden surrounds with seated Buddhas have been found at other sites in the Tarim basin, notably near Kucha.