Bongeunsa Mokjoseokgayeoraesambul Seated Figure, Seoul

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1819

Category

Sculpture

Designated year

2014

Location

강남구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 강남구 봉은사로 531 (삼성동, 봉은사)

Coordinates

37.515826, 127.057734Kakao address conversion

The Wooden Seated Sakyamuni Buddha Triad of Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul was completed in 1651 by a group of monk-sculptors led by Seungil. A prayer written at the time of the 1765 re-gilding project reveals that the original Shakyamuni statue of the triad was destroyed by fire in 1689. The principle Buddha, carved by Seungil, is 30 centimeters taller than the two acolytes standing at his sides. He is wearing a robe draped over the left shoulder, leaving the right shoulder and the right part of the chest bare, and forms — with his right hand hanging down and his left hand resting on top of the knee — the mudra representing the expulsion of evil. The style of the robe and the symbolic hand gesture show the influence of Buddhist sculpture of the mid-seventeenth century, making the work a fine source of knowledge on Korean Buddhist sculpture of the late Joseon period.

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