Re-Study of the Gilt Bronze Buddha Statuettes Unearthed from the Eastern Han Dynasty Tomb in Chengren Village, Xianyang City, China

• Published in: Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 15; no. 12; p. 1476
• Main Author: Zhang, Liming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Archaeology; Buddhist sculpture; Cognition & reasoning; Discovery and exploration; Figurines; Gandhara; gilt bronze Buddha statuette; Guanlong region; Han dynasty, 207 BC-220 AD; History; Looting; Northern Wei Dynasty; Research methodology; Sculpture, Buddhist; Sixteen Kingdoms; Tombs; Yang Xin; China

In 2021, two small gilt bronze Buddha statuettes were unearthed from a tomb from the Eastern Han Dynasty in Chengren Village, Xianyang City, Shanxi Province. The excavation team believe that these statuettes are from the late Eastern Han Dynasty and represent the earliest independent gilt bronze Bud...