Bihar: Seven Buddhas
Chlorite
七佛像座
印度比哈爾邦出土
印度比哈爾邦（Bihar）出土。七佛各置於三葉形拱龕內，均結跏趺坐於仰覆蓮座上，可能代表過去五佛、釋迦牟尼佛和未來的彌勒佛。畫面從左至右，第一、三、五、七尊佛像皆雙手置於腿上，手中持鉢，第二和第六尊右手作觸地印，位居中央的第四尊結轉法輪印。
佛龕以立柱相間，拱券之間飾蓮花紋，拱券上方刻有佛法要義。作品設計和裝飾與那爛陀佛塔基座相似。波羅王朝（Pala，約8～12世紀）的東印度比哈爾地區為佛教大國，其中的那爛陀寺規模宏大，此像可能是取自那爛陀寺的建築。
從佛像曲線流暢的造型、貼體透明的袈裟樣式、樸素的蓮座設計和銘文字樣，推測應為波羅王朝十世紀作品。
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Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bihar: Seven Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 154.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bihar: Seven Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:154.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bihar: Seven Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 154).
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