Essay name: Buddhist iconography in and outside India (Study)
Author:
Purabi Gangopadhyay
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture
This work aims to systematically present the development and expansion of Mahayana-Vajrayana Buddhist iconography from India to other countries, such as China, Korea, and Japan. This study includes a historical account of Indian Buddhist iconography and the integration of Brahmanical gods into the Mahayana-Vajrayana phase.
Chapter 3: Influence of Indian Buddhist Art on China and Korea
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Seated Image on the Pagna or Hanka Shiyui posture
Image
Height
1. Seated Bodhisattva
17.5 cm.
28.5 c.m..
2.
3.
4.
"
5.
6.
7.
80.2 c.m.
94.0 c.m.
21.0 c.m.
14.2 c.m.
16.6 c.m.
Year
6th Century A.D.
Last quarter of the
6th Century A.D.
End of the 6th
Century A.D.
Early 7th Century
A.D.
Last half of the
6th Century A.D.
Early 7th Century
A.D.
Early 7th century
A. D. 1
8'
9.
16.4. cm...
First half of the
7th Century.
9.4 c.m.
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There are also some more figures in Korea which were made
during the second half of the 7th Century. But the production of
the seated images with one leg over the other knee are less
noticeable during the period after the unification of the three
kingdoms.
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The above observations amply prove that the activities
related to Buddhist art in Korea gained a momentum after the
Buddhist religion was introduced to that country from China. The
Korean sculptors too have exhibited their artistic skill in giving
shape of the images as described above.
