Thousand Buddha Pillar
Limestone
Thousand Buddha Pillar (detail)
Thousand Buddha Pillar (detail)
千佛造像柱
中國
此造像柱應原屬石窟或寺院的列柱之一。千佛係依據《過去莊嚴劫千佛名經》、《現在賢劫千佛名經》、《未來星宿劫千佛名經》等所記述三世三千佛之說為題材的圖像，惟作品上不一定正好為千數，但表達的神聖意義則相同。
該造像柱四面整齊遍刻佛坐像，共計七百五十五尊。方柱底層三面雕有尖拱形龕像，正面為一佛二菩薩二弟子及二力士，主佛趺坐於束腰須彌座上，下有護法獅與供養香爐。
右面柱基，主佛坐於方形高蓮台座上，手施無畏及與願印，脇侍弟子分立兩旁；左面柱基為一佛二菩薩，立於仰覆蓮台上。佛像面容豐圓，身軀勻稱，袈裟刻線簡潔流暢，具有北朝（386～581）晚期造像藝術風格。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1206.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Thousand Buddha Pillar." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1206.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Thousand Buddha Pillar" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1206.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Thousand Buddha Pillar. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1206).
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