Seated Goseong Bogwangsa Temple Wooden Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva

This image shows the characteristics of a late Joseon triad: compared with wooden images from the early to mid-17th century, it is smaller in scale and its shoulders are somewhat narrower. Compared with the principal image at Yeonhwasa Temple, Jinju, the Bogwangsa Temple image is smaller in body, but the bodily proportions, the long nose ridge, and the form of the diagonally folded seunggaggi (an inner garment depicted on Buddhist images) are very similar; the fact that the drapery folds over the right shoulder do not form teardrop shapes but instead spread out broadly can be attributed to a simplification of expression arising from the difference in status between a principal image and an attendant image.

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Region

Goseong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산