Xiaoxitian Temple Great Hero Hall: Vairocana Buddha Niche; H: 320 cm (Buddha)
Clay
小西天毗盧遮那佛龕像
中國
位於大雄寶殿中央佛壇南起第四龕。龕中塑華嚴三聖，居中為毗盧遮那佛，兩側分立文殊、普賢二脇侍菩薩。
龕上懸塑以裝飾華麗的樓閣為中心，其間穿插諸佛、菩薩等聖眾，塑造精細，呈現佛國勝景。
毗盧遮那佛高320公分，重彩貼金，螺髮肉髻，有髻珠，額高廣，面相莊嚴。袈裟衣領、袖口與膝上繪有花紋。手結毗盧印，結跏趺坐於仰蓮座上，懸裳覆於蓮座。
文殊及普賢菩薩均高210公分，跣足立於蓮台，束高髻，頭戴寶冠，面形長圓，胸飾瓔珞，帔帛飄揚，裙裳搖曳，衣飾和造型均體現出元（1271～1368）明（1368～1644）時期菩薩的造像特點。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1376.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Xiaoxitian Temple Great Hero Hall: Vairocana Buddha Niche." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1376.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Xiaoxitian Temple Great Hero Hall: Vairocana Buddha Niche" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1376.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Xiaoxitian Temple Great Hero Hall: Vairocana Buddha Niche. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1376).
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pages = 1376,
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volume = 13,
year = {2016}}
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 St-Z},
pages = 1376,
title = {{Xiaoxitian Temple Great Hero Hall: Vairocana Buddha Niche}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}