Medium: Wood, lacquer, gesso, gilding
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:mid 16th century
Dimensions: 45 11/16 × 15 × 7 in. (116 × 38.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: L2022.2.1
Image: CUR.L2022.2.1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Standing figure of the Medicine Buddha (Korean: Yaksa Yorae, Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) dressed in monastic garb with one hand raised (now missing, likely originally holding the bowl of medicine) and one facing outward at his side (varada mudra). The Buddha has a slight smile and an indentation at the front of his ushnisha (cranial bump) where a gemstone was likely inset. His chest is bare with a shawl draping over both shoulders and wrapping around his skirt in heavy folds. His feet (now partially damaged) emerge from below the folds of his skirt. The whole image is covered in gilding with traces of red lacquer in some areas. Whites and irises of eyes are painted, and hair is black except for numerous surface losses.