Dharma Protector
Plaster
護法神像
巴基斯坦
此類的護法神像，一般守護在寺院門口。該像倚坐，雙腳自然下垂，右手置於右腿上，左臂平抬，惜左手已斷損。頭部自然地轉向右側，斜背弓弩於胸前。身著短袖鱗片鎧甲及戰裙，腳穿厚重的長靴。
由其姿態及造型特徵顯示，應類似古印度婆羅門教的塞建陀天，屬戰神，又作韋馱天。此像刻劃得栩栩如生，由於保存較為完好，是一件藝術價值很高的犍陀羅作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 289.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dharma Protector." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 289.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dharma Protector" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:289.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dharma Protector. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 289).
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