Medicine Buddha
Gilt bronze
藥師佛立像
韓國
韓國藥師佛信仰約盛行於八至九世紀，此類造像一手持藥鉢或寶珠，但金銅佛像多為持說法印之立像，而石雕像則以降魔觸地印坐像為主，為其他國家所未見者。此像中空鑄造，為統一新羅時期（668～935）標準的作法範例。
佛螺髮，高肉髻，臉上較為圓滿，表情嚴肅。袈裟樣式獨特，從右肩下垂的衣服未包裹身軀，懸掛於右臂而往下垂，此形式始於八世紀下半葉。右手作說法印，左手掌心向上有凹口，原持藥鉢。此像從臉、厚實的胸部、腹部及小腿等，令人聯想為統一新羅時期藝術興盛期之作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 714.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Medicine Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 714.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Medicine Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:714.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Medicine Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 714).
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