Sanchi Stupa 1: Column Decorations
Sandstone
桑奇一號塔蓮花蔓草摩竭魚浮雕
印度
位於東門南柱外側，為塔門裝飾，屬薩塔瓦哈納王朝（Satavahana，約200 BCE～250）中期作品。該裝飾浮雕下部的摩竭魚呈象頭魚尾，口吐蓮莖。蓮莖彎曲向上，節節分枝，其間布滿了蓮蕾、半開或盛放的蓮花、蓮葉，並綴有水鴨、水鳥，增加了逼真寫實的氛圍。摩竭魚代表水繁衍萬物的能力，蓮花則是生命與富饒的象徵。在印度古代早期的窣堵波圍欄與塔門的浮雕中，這種象徵富饒與吉祥的裝飾圖案非常盛行。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 947.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sanchi Stupa 1: Column Decorations." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 947.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sanchi Stupa 1: Column Decorations" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:947.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sanchi Stupa 1: Column Decorations. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 947).
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