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This jade happens to be the variety we call JADEITE. In fact, some jade is a deep purple, but that is very scarce. This figure is well carved and pleasing to the eye. There was a green splotch in the jade, which the lapidary put in the back near the bottom. Lavender jade has entered the jewelry field within the last 15 years or so, together with yellow jade and red jade. All of these are scarcer than the green.\""},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"J.1"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1925"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"Early 20th century (c. 1925 CE)"},{"label":"Era","value":["Republican period"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 7.8 cm; original black wooden stand: 2.0 cm"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Lavender jadeite","Other stones"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"In sculpture, images of the Medicine Buddha or the \"Healing Teacher\"*, either standing or seated with his right hand pointed down in the earth-touching gesture (a symbolic hand gesture), signify the Buddha's power to heal physical ailments. This Buddha carving bears a strong resemblance to the Indian Guptan Buddhist artistic style with its immensity, the plasticity of the surface treatment, the crown on his hair, and his flowing robe. Buddha figures from this period tend to have large heads and large hands. In conventional seated images of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha, he is always depicted with his right hand in the varada mudr?** (\"gift giving\" or \"wish granting\") and in his left hand is a medicine jar that represents his healing powers. In this carving, although the sitting posture is similar to the \"royal at ease\" (sitting with one leg in half-lotus position, the other pendant), Buddha is depicted in the opposite way: He sits stiffly on a flat surface with his left arm bent and rested on his raised knee while the right one holds a medicine bowl. There is an unusual decorative flange tucked under his armpits and swirling around his back. The identification of the figure presents a problem: this odd combination of the sitting posture and mudr? is rather rare in sculptures of Buddha in Tibetan, Indian, and Chinese art. Since this is a recent piece, this unique figure may be related to a novel conception of the Buddha image that has yet to be studied. * Bhaishajyaguru in Sanskrit/Yakushi in Japanese/Yaoshi in Chinese. ** See Curatorial Remark below"},{"label":"Title","value":"Lavender Buddha"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at <a href=\"www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist\">www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist</a>"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/403"}],"description":"Lavender Buddha","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/2af4348f-aaec-4315-bc70-c344763d4051/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Lavender Buddha","height":768,"width":510,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/2af4348f-aaec-4315-bc70-c344763d4051/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/2af4348f-aaec-4315-bc70-c344763d4051","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2]}]},"height":768,"width":510},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/2af4348f-aaec-4315-bc70-c344763d4051/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/2af4348f-aaec-4315-bc70-c344763d4051/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/2af4348f-aaec-4315-bc70-c344763d4051/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}