Items of interest from the collection of Serizawa Keisuke A small, gilt bronze statue of Buddha from the Sui Dynasty of China Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum, Shizuoka, Japan

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  • 静岡市立芹沢銈介美術館所蔵「開皇十八年銘金銅菩薩立像」

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One item in the Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum’s collection is a small, bronze statue of Buddha gilt in gold. Collected by Serizawa Keisuke, the statue has an inscription on its pedestal: “開皇十八年十月,” indicating that it was made in October, A.D. 598 during the Sui dynasty. But the statue’s form resembles the earlier Loyang style of the later Northern Wei period. This style is characterized by an elongated face and flat body, symmetrical left to right, clothed in Chinese garments. The Loyang style was first seen around A.D. 500 in the Northern Wei kingdom, and continued for some time after the kingdom's end. Although missing many details of the Loyang style, the Museum’s statue does include its basic characteristics. This may be at least partially explained by the fact that many old statues of Buddha were repaired in the Sui period, and this may have inspired the creation of a statue in an older style in A.D.598.

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