三國時代 半跏思惟像 坐具 연구

Abstract

The Pensive Bodhisattva(半跏思惟像) was made in the form of sitting on a cylindrical stool. The chair is a distinctive feature of the Pensive Bodhisattva statue, which is difficult to find in other artworks, and it is a prominent element of the statue in Korea, where the Pensive Bodhisattva is popular. The stool on the Pensive Bodhisattva is closely connected to the structure of the statue and can be used as an indicator to estimate the time of the statue's production, as it shows a certain change in shape. This paper analyzes the types of chairs, identifies the production period of the Ancient Korea Pensive Bodhisattva statue, and suggests that the stool of the statue is characteristic of the Korean Pensive Bodhisattva, thereby distinguishing it from the Chinese and Japanese Pensive Bodhisattva statues. The Chair of Pensive Bodhisattva appeared in Korea when the statue was made in three dimensions. The halo was installed at the back of the statue's head, causing the celestial robe expression on the Chinese statue to disappear and creating a seamless surface across the entire statue. Here, the chair was a new element that appeared to carve the side and back of the statue, harmonizing with its overall structure. The Pensive Bodhisattva chairs can be classified into four types based on drapery folds and cushion patterns. In these types, it was confirmed that the seat of the Pensive Statue in Ancient Korean was expressed in a specific manner and gradually evolved to become distinct from the statue. The early Pensive Bodhisattva Statue depicts a chair as a connecting seat within the substructure. The seat’s shape is divided into a cushion pattern and waist ornaments(腰佩垂飾). In the intermediate stage, the chair was expressed in structural separation and pattern. The chair's size decreased, and the sculpture's posture became more natural. Furthermore, the use of a new technology to attach a metal plate on the back of a sculpture with an intermediate chair suggests that the manufacturing technology has changed from the previous one. After that, the Pensive Bodhisattva's chair becomes a separate chair with a clear shape solely through its structure. The distinctive cushion pattern that set the chair apart from the sculpture has disappeared, and the waist ornaments, which once bordered the clothes and the chairs, are expressed as simple accessories. The chair of the statue changed into various shapes to reflect the trends of the Pensive Bodhisattvas during ancient Korea. These chairs were made separately from the start. The Pensive Bodhisattva’s chair can be interpreted in relation to the status of the Bodhisattva statue at that time. In Korea, the Pensive Statue was placed as an attendant statue of the Buddha Triad or established as the central statue. Furthermore, the fact that it remains a large statue among the Buddhist sculptures of the ancient Korean period suggests that this statue may have been created as an object of worship in a temple. This situation may be related to the new expression of a chair on the Pensive Bodhisattva Statue, which features an exposed rear surface. The evolution of the Pensive Statue chair also continued in Japan, where the sculpture was passed down. At first, the Japanese Pensive Statue Chair was similar to the formation of that in Korea, but it gradually changed over time. The chair suddenly increased in size, transforming into a lotus pedestal. As a result, the waist ornaments that distinguished the folds of clothes and chairs disappeared. In addition, the Japanese Pensive Bodhisattva Statue, which was placed on the pedestal, underwent a transformation in which the halo was installed on a pillar rising from the bottom, rather than the occipital part.