Sanchi Stupa 2: Elephant Relief
Sandstone
桑奇二號塔大象浮雕
印度
位於欄楯立柱，為圓形浮雕裝飾。此象嘴巴大張，左前腿屈起，長鼻伸向後方，從鼻端噴灑出一股水花，生動表現戲水的歡樂。象前伸出二莖蓮苞、一莖蓮葉，象徵蓮花池。
巴利文《彌蘭陀王問經》中，以大象躍入蓮花盛開的水池內，比喻智者悠遊於真理中。大象與孔雀同樣為佛教美術的常見題材，桑奇二號塔中類似的欄楯雕刻約有二十處，幾乎沒有雷同。其雕刻技法較巴爾胡特的作品略顯生硬，故可推測其雕造年代應比巴爾胡特較早，約作於西元前二世紀末。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 959.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Sanchi Stupa 2: Elephant Relief." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 959.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sanchi Stupa 2: Elephant Relief" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:959.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sanchi Stupa 2: Elephant Relief. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 959).
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