Standing Anseong Daenong-ri Stone Buddha

This standing stone Buddha image shows the lineage of a Buddha-image style that was popular during the Goryeo period, centred on Chungcheong Province and the southern part of Gyeonggi Province. The head, large in proportion to the body, bears a hat in the style of the wonjeongmo (a hat with a round brim and a gently domed crown, originally worn by Yuan-dynasty nobles and adopted by Goryeo officials and monks after the period of Yuan interference). The face is flat, with horizontally elongated eyes, a plump nose and a small closed mouth, and the ears hang down to the shoulders. The monastic robe covers both shoulders and falls to form thick, band-like folds over both forearms. The figure takes the unusual pose of holding a kundika (a ritual water vessel) in the right hand, supported by the left. However, the left hand, exposed beneath the robe, wears a bracelet, raising the possibility that this is a bodhisattva image rather than a Buddha. It is also worth noting that the kundika is typically an attribute held by bodhisattva images rather than Buddha images. The pillar-like body with its flat, volumeless treatment, the head large in proportion to the body and its facial features, the hat worn on the head, and the kundika held in one hand are all very similar in expression to the Standing Bhaisajyaguru Buddha of Mipyeong-ri, Yongin, which is noteworthy. This mode of expression reflects the lineage of Buddha-image styles that were especially popular in the early Goryeo period, centred on Chungcheong Province and the southern part of Gyeonggi Province; with its flat, volumeless face and body, horizontally elongated eyes, plump nose, straight closed mouth, and arms and hands rendered rather meagrely for their size, it may be regarded as a work reflecting the regional style of late Goryeo Buddha images.

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Where it is

Region

Anseong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료