Pagoda Tier
Sandstone
Pagoda Tier (left side)
Pagoda Tier (right side)
Pagoda Tier (back)
四面造像塔龕像
中國
為向上收分之柱狀石塔形制，推測是多層重疊式石塔的一層，約刻於六世紀上半葉。
正面龕內為一佛二菩薩，龕外兩旁侍立二力士，主尊為釋迦牟尼佛坐像，身後背光刻出龕外疊於龕楣上，造型特殊。下方正中有一童子雙手擎香爐，護法獅蹲踞左右，兩側力士立於獅尾延伸出的蓮花台上，形象生動。
右面主尊為交腳菩薩坐像，菩薩由力士雙手托起，兩側為一老一少比丘。帷帳龕上飾有紋樣，富麗莊嚴。
左面為阿育王施土因緣圖，二童子腳踏一童子背上，擎拳合掌，向佛作禮。背面矩形龕內雕佛涅槃像，弟子環護四周，搥胸哀嚎，龕外兩側刻飾雙樹，龕上中央置一尊披帽禪定僧。
整體人物面相圓潤，體軀豐厚，刀法精湛，淺浮雕與高浮雕相搭配，表現多樣。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 780.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Pagoda Tier." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 780.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Pagoda Tier" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:780.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Pagoda Tier. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 780).
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