Stone Standing Buddha in Jangjeong-ri, Ganghwa

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.615

Category

Sculpture

Era

고려시대

Designated year

1978

Location

강화군, 인천광역시— 인천 강화군 하점면 장정리 584번지

Coordinates

37.781265, 126.424437

This Goryeo-period stone Buddha is located at the foot of Bongcheonsan Mountain at Hajeom-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon. The bas-relief Buddha is realized on a thick granite slab and is currently placed inside an open pavilion that was specially built to shelter it. The Buddha figure has a small ushnisha at the top center of the head and a plump face that is oblong in shape. The facial features including the eyes, nose and the mouth are a bit squat and thick. The ears are unrealistically long, and the neck is so short that the three lines on it extend almost to the chest. The robe enveloping both of the two shoulders is thick with no body lines appearing through it. The narrow, rounded shoulders make this Buddha appear slightly huddled. Garment folds, shaped like the letter ‘U,’ begin at the chest level, continuing down to the knees. The drapery is rendered overall quite cursorily. The right hand held down to the level below the waistline has its palm turned outward. The left hand is held up at the chest level with fingers bent. The mandorla is outlined by two thick embossed lines, and the nimbus around the head is separate from the aureola around the body. Round bead-like motifs are placed between the two lines, at regular intervals. The mandorla has flamed edges. This bas-relief Buddha is two-dimensional and lacks depth, with a strong tendency toward simplified treatment of details. Meanwhile, such elements the face projecting a good sense of volume, short neck, huddled shoulders and the cursorily-rendered drapery make it a typical Goryeo-period Buddhist sculpture.

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