Buddha and Attendants
Sandstone
Buddha and Attendants (back)
一佛二菩薩像
中國
佛作高肉髻，表情柔和。身著偏袒右肩袈裟，衣紋細密流暢。雙手結禪定印，結跏趺坐於方形台座。兩脇侍為供養菩薩，比例偏小，手捧供物，側身而立朝向主尊。背光雕飾化佛、火焰紋等，上部已毀損。下方台座中央為釋迦、多寶二佛並坐龕像；兩邊跪坐供養人，合掌虔敬；外側蹲踞的瑞獸，張口昂首，回頭相對，別具巧思。
背面上方並列一排小龕，內有坐佛像，其下以淺浮雕表現出太子降生的場景與九龍吐水等場面。據背面下方台座之銘文，可知為北魏延興二年（472）之造像。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 191.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Buddha and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 191.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Buddha and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:191.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Buddha and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 191).
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