This statue was originally one of the two Buddhas that flanked a Shakyamuni Buddha and was likely to represent the Buddha Amitabha who presides over the Western Paradise. This sculptural configuration, known as Three Seated Buddhas is a visualization of the Three Buddhas of the Three Realms and was especially popular in the late Joseon period. The three Seated Buddhas was generally enshrined in the main building of a Buddhist temple. The head of this image, rather large relative to the body, is bowed forward with hunched shoulders. This posture and form are commonly seen in late–Joseon sculptures of Buddhas to adjust the distorted proportion of the figure looking down on supplicants from a high pedestal.