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Plaque with the Image of Medicine Buddha Triad

금동판제 약사여래삼존상 (金銅板製藥師如來三尊像)

676–935

Korea, Unified Silla period

(676-935)
Medium
embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf
Measurements
Overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1987.59
Public Domain
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The plate was created by hammering softly from the back of the metal sheet. This technique is called repoussé.

Description

This plate features an embossed image of the Medicine Buddha flanked by two attendants. The Medicine Buddha, a doctor who cures aliments with Buddhist teachings, is usually represented holding a bowl of medicine in the palm of one hand.
Square, gilt copper plate with three people softly hammered out from the back of the sheet. Center, the Medicine Buddha, sits cross-legged on a lotus-shaped pedestal, flanked by two standing people. They wear clothes draped around them in many folds and have halos behind their heads. The flanking people face the Buddha, hands pressed together in front of their chests. The Buddha cradles a small object in his left palm. Spirals wind above their heads.

Plaque with the Image of Medicine Buddha Triad

676–935

Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)

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