Hakseongdong Iron Seated Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, Wonju

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1873

Category

Sculpture

Era

나말여초

Designated year

2015

Location

춘천시, 강원특별자치도— 강원도 춘천시 우석로 70 (석사동, 국립춘천박물관)

Coordinates

37.866100, 127.731800Museum-based location

This iron statue of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha currently on display in Chuncheon National Museum is one of the five iron Buddhas that were found abandoned in a field in Hakseong-dong of Wonju-si, Gangwon-do. It is almost life size (height: 110 cm) and features round and slightly drooped shoulders. Due to its artistic excellence, good state of preservation, and its rarity as an example of iron work, the statue is considered a valuable source of knowledge about the production of iron statues and images of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha in the fourteenth century.

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