Andhra Pradesh: Head of a Buddha
Marble
佛頭像
印度安得拉邦克里希納河流域出土
印度安得拉邦克里希納河（Krishna River, Andhra Pradesh）流域出土。該地區於一至三世紀期間，曾以阿瑪拉瓦提為中心，發展出輝煌的原創佛教美術，此尊佛頭像，即明顯地反映出阿瑪拉瓦提藝術風格。
佛頭形橢圓，與微隆的肉髻，平板的右旋螺髮和眉間白毫搭配自然和諧。眉目和唇形極為寫實，顯然受到由海路傳入的羅馬文化影響，但五官則呈現當地達羅毗荼族人（Dravidian）造像特徵。肌理表現得平滑細緻，襯托出佛陀的高尚。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 44.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Andhra Pradesh: Head of a Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 44.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Andhra Pradesh: Head of a Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:44.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Andhra Pradesh: Head of a Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 44).
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