Namhae Undaeam Hermitage Amitabha Altar Painting

The Amitabha Altar Painting of Undaeam Hermitage, Namhae, can be described as an Amitabha Five-Venerable-Ones painting on a vermilion ground, with a seated image of Amitabha at the centre flanked by Avalokiteshvara (Gwaneum) and Mahasthamaprapta (Daeseji), and, behind them, Kasyapa and Ananda. The principal image, Amitabha Buddha, wears a modified both-shoulder-covering robe consisting of an inner robe (bokgyeonui) and an outer robe (daeui), with a green halo around the head and a reddish-brown halo around the body, and sits upon a lotus pedestal. The hand gesture (mudra) appears to be the uppermost of the nine grades of Amitabha's mudras. To the left and right of the principal image, Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta stand in attendance facing forward, holding a water vase and a sutra scroll respectively, while behind them, glimpsed between the Buddha and the bodhisattvas, Kasyapa and Ananda stand likewise facing forward with their hands joined in prayer.

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Namhae, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료