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Bouddha, probablement Amitabha

early 7th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 208
La dévotion au bouddha céleste Amitabha (Amituo fo) insiste sur l’impossibilité de parvenir à l’éveil pendant une vie aux circonstances difficiles, et stimule le désir d’une renaissance à Sukhāvatī, sorte de paradis ou d’étape plus propice à la quête d’une compréhension approfondie. Identifiée grâce au port des bras, qui donne à penser que les mains, aujourd’hui disparues, étaient en position de méditation, cette représentation d’Amitabha a été exécutée suivant la technique complexe de la laque sèche : un support, souvent en bois, est couvert d’argile et enveloppé de morceaux de tissu de chanvre saturés de laque, puis déballé une fois la laque séchée. De Chine, la technique s’est répandue au Japon, au VIIIe siècle.

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Object Information
  • 唐 彩繪塗金夾紵漆阿彌陀佛像
  • Titre: Bouddha, probablement Amitabha
  • Période: Dynastie des Tang
  • Date: Début VIIe siècle
  • Aire géographique: Chine
  • Technique: Laque séchée à centre creux, traces de dorure et de pigments polychromes
  • Dimensions: H. 96,5 cm
  • Crédits: Fonds Rogers, 1919
  • Accession Number: 19.186
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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