Hanging Scroll Behind the Buddha in Daeungjeon Hall of Heungguksa Temple

The Hanging Scroll Behind the Buddha in Daeungjeon Hall of Heungguksa Temple is a taenghwa, a Buddhist painting made on cloth or paper and mounted as a hanging scroll or in a frame, depicting Sakyamuni Buddha preaching to numerous buddhas and bodhisattvas on Yeongchwisan Mountain. It is painted in colour on silk and measures 4.27 m wide by 5.07 m high. Sakyamuni Buddha is placed at the centre of the composition, with six bodhisattvas arranged to either side in front of him and the Four Heavenly Kings positioned further out. Immediately beside and behind the Buddha figure, the Ten Great Disciples and other attendant figures are harmoniously arranged. The Buddha wears his robe draped over the left shoulder, and his face is round and full. The colouring is mainly in red and green, though the green of the head halo is overly glossy, which reduces its subtle brightness; however, gold used in the flower patterns and the lines of the robe folds gives the painting a more elegant and dignified air. Painted in 1693, the nineteenth year of King Sukjong, by the two monk-painters Cheonsin and Uicheon to pray for the king's long life and the peace of the nation, this scroll is highly regarded as a masterpiece of the late seventeenth century for its harmonious, rounded forms and refined colouring.

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Yeosu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

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Treasure · 보물