Borisaji Gilt-bronze Standing Buddha, Uiryeong

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.731

Category

Sculpture

Era

통일신라시대

Designated year

1982

Location

서구, 부산광역시— 부산광역시 서구 구덕로 225(부민동2가, 동아대학교부민캠퍼스) 석당박물관

Coordinates

35.104699, 129.019336

This gilt-bronze standing Buddha was excavated from Borisa Temple at Dogulsan Mountain (in Gabeul-ri, Garye-myeon, Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do) in May 1948, and has been kept by Dong-A University since 1981. The Buddha’s hair is expressed as a small usnisa (a protuberance symbolizing supreme wisdom, resembling an over-turned bowl) on the top of his head. He has a round face and a relatively small mouth. The Buddha’s robe covers both shoulders and is knotted with a bow at the chest, and features semicircular patterns expressed in thin lines below the stomach. His right hand hangs down, while the left arm is held upward, and both palms are facing outwards. The statue’s octagonal pedestal exhibits a design made by cutting a full hole from the front to the rear side. This standing Buddha, preserved more or less in its original form, is assumed to have been made toward the end of the Unified Silla period in view of its skilled carving.

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