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Devotee

Bronze

禮拜者像

斯里蘭卡

此像為斯里蘭卡坎底時期(Kandy,1590〜1815)後期造像。雙手合十於胸前,表現出崇敬的樣貌,跣足立於一小型圓形台上。頭部扁平,髮絲刻劃細膩,方額寬頰,彎眉高鼻。上身穿著長袖上衣,左肩披掛一輕薄披肩,下身則是以一塊未縫合的布圍繞。其寬闊魁梧的肩膀、結實的頸項,以及五官輪廓清晰的大臉等特徵,有別於一般錫蘭(今斯里蘭卡)佛教徒的形象。
 造像體型細小,可能為斯里蘭卡僧人於十八世紀從緬甸若開邦(Rakhine)帶回獨具特色的銅像之一,推測或曾安置於寺院中的佛像前,以紀念逝世的先人,或是信徒用以祈願的奉獻品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 288.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Devotee." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 288.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Devotee" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:288.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Devotee. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 288).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 288,
title = {{Devotee}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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