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Bihar: Life of the Buddha

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寶冠佛立像及佛傳圖

印度比哈爾邦出土

印度比哈爾邦(Bihar)出土。主尊釋迦牟尼佛戴高聳寶冠,雙目半啟作冥思狀,以線刻加強五官輪廓,反映出十一至十二世紀間,波羅王朝(Pala,約8~12世紀)的佛像造型已經形式化。袈裟貼體,曲線畢露,顯然沿襲了鹿野苑風格。袈裟下襬襞褶排列有序,體現當時比哈爾地區造像特徵。右手上舉施無畏印,手心刻千輻輪相,左手握衣角,挺立於仰覆蓮台上。蓮台右下方有二女蹲跪,雙手捧物,神態恭敬,可能是供養人。
 主尊兩側下方各有立佛一尊,兩側上方則為坐佛,均置於蓮花台座上,形象與主尊一致,代表佛傳四相。下方立佛呈三屈式姿勢,體態優雅。主尊右側表現佛陀自忉利天返人間;左側代表降伏醉象,蓮台邊可見已被馴伏的醉象。主尊上方左側坐佛雙手捧鉢,蓮座立面中央雕獼猴,當為獼猴獻蜜;右側坐佛施觸地印,蓮座立面雕地神見證佛陀降魔成道。主尊上方傘蓋造型狀似佛塔尖頂。整體造像製作嚴謹,細節表現富有裝飾趣味。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 148.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bihar: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 148.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bihar: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:148.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bihar: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 148).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 148,
title = {{Bihar: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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