【Period】：First year of the Datong period of Liang during the Southern Dynasties
【CAT】 ：Buddha Statues
【Size】 ：Height 11.3cm, width 5.8cm
Excavated from the construction site of the Deji Plaza at Xinjiekouin in Xuanwu District of Nanjing. Collected by the Oriental Metropolitan Museum/The
The part from the hem to the lotus pedestal of this bronze Buddha statue is damaged. The Buddha statue stands on a lotus pedestal. The Buddha, wearing his hair in a bun and an across-shoulder coat with sagging hem, makes the fear-not sign with his right hand and the mudra of supreme generosity with his left hand (presumably, as part of the left hand is damaged). On the boat-shaped halo behind the Buddha, flame patterns are shallowly engraved. On each side of the Buddha statue, there is a statue of Bodhisattva who wears a crown and puts his palms together devoutly. On the upper part of the halo are three small Buddhist statues sitting on a lotus pedestal. Engraved on the back side of the statue is “August 23 in the first year of the Datong period (AD 527)/chao □□□ made□□□”. Datong is the reign title of Emperor Liangwu, Xiao Yan, of the Liang dynasty. This Buddha statue is the only Southern Dynasties Buddha statue ever unearthed in Nanjing.