Seated Geumgolsan Mountain Rock-carved Buddha

This Buddha image, carved on the wall of a rock-cut cave at Geumgolsan Mountain in Jindo County, South Jeolla Province, appears to represent Amitabha Buddha, judging from the hand gesture in which the thumb and fourth finger are joined. The face is round and the body is likewise swollen into rounded forms, yet it appears flat and lacks a sense of volume. The robe covers both shoulders, and its hem falls to the knees, forming schematic, wave-like folds. A rectangular recess is cut into the chest, presumably for holding bokjang, sacred objects such as scriptures placed inside a Buddha statue. The round face with its rustic, locally inflected features, together with the swollen treatment of the body, shows aspects of a regionalised Goryeo-period style, and the statue is regarded as a representative rock-carved Buddha of its time.

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Where it is

Region

Jindo, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료