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Maitreya Buddha and Attendants

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Maitreya Buddha and Attendants (detail)

牛猷造彌勒佛及脇侍像

傳河北省石家莊市正定縣出土

傳一九二四年河北省石家莊市正定縣出土。造像包括一立佛、二脇侍菩薩、二思惟菩薩、四供養菩薩、二力士及十一身飛天。主尊佛螺髮肉髻,面相清臞,眉目修長,雙耳垂肩,唇角微露笑意,神情溫和慈祥。手作無畏印、與願印,身著褒衣博帶式袈裟,下裙兩端呈銳角狀,層層重疊,對稱均勻地外展。佛立於覆蓮台上,台下雙層四足方台背面刻發願文「大魏正光五年(524)九月戌申朔十八日新市縣□牛猷為亡兒□秩造彌勒像一區願亡兒居家眷屬常與佛會」。透雕火焰紋蓮瓣形大背光外緣有飛天十一身,形象生動,富有裝飾趣味。
 主尊兩側二脇侍菩薩帶舉身光,立於覆蓮台上;前有二思惟菩薩,圓形頭光,半跏而坐,其旁各有四供養菩薩,立於蓮枝上。菩薩繒帶飛揚,帔帛環繞交疊,神態逼真,刻劃自然。四足方台上層前方置博山形香爐,下層橫框上裝飾一對護法獅,左右側各有一力士,立於圓台上。
 此作品形制之大,人物眾多,內容豐富,實屬罕見,是北魏正光時期(520~525)流行的新樣式,堪稱絕品佳作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 672.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Buddha and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 672.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Buddha and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:672.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Buddha and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 672).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 672,
title = {{Maitreya Buddha and Attendants}},
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