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Jade Buddha
This seated Buddha in meditative pose is carved from a single block of jade, its green hues softly modulating between the remnants of marine life. The Buddha's heavy lidded eyes are open, enveloping the viewer in a gaze that stresses the communicative and contemplative relationship between teacher and disciple. The materials suggest its origin is China, where jade of this type (nephrite) was worked from the Late Neolithic Period (c.3000-1500 BCE).
The stone's aesthetic incorruptibility - in colour, texture and translucence
- encourage the analogous relationship to earthly and spiritual purity. The philosopher Confucius (551-479 BCE) pronounced that jade corresponded to the virtues of benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, propriety, loyalty and trustworthiness.
( notes from the catalogue )
DSCF2388.jpg
Jade Buddha
This seated Buddha in meditative pose is carved from a single block of jade, its green hues softly modulating between the remnants of marine life. The Buddha's heavy lidded eyes are open, enveloping the viewer in a gaze that stresses the communicative and contemplative relationship between teacher and disciple. The materials suggest its origin is China, where jade of this type (nephrite) was worked from the Late Neolithic Period (c.3000-1500 BCE).
The stone's aesthetic incorruptibility - in colour, texture and translucence
- encourage the analogous relationship to earthly and spiritual purity. The philosopher Confucius (551-479 BCE) pronounced that jade corresponded to the virtues of benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, propriety, loyalty and trustworthiness.
( notes from the catalogue )