Potala Palace: Mandala
Pearl
珍珠須彌山曼荼羅
中國
清光緒三十四年（1908）慈禧太后將此曼荼羅贈與十三世達賴為禮，共使用約二十二萬顆天然珍珠串製而成。
曼荼羅高63公分，直徑65公分。底座呈圓形，上下緣各鑲一圈紅珊瑚；周壁及座面以珍珠織成蓮花、卷葉和飛鳥等圖案，中間嵌入珍珠、綠松石等。
曼荼羅中央為須彌山，山頂有雙層樓閣，鎏金歇山式屋頂，上置相輪、寶珠。樓閣下有四層方形基座，邊緣亦鑲嵌紅色珊瑚。座面設輪寶、象寶、馬寶、珠寶、女寶、居士寶與主兵臣寶等七政寶守護。整體織工精緻，富麗堂皇。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 237.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Potala Palace: Mandala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 237.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Potala Palace: Mandala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:237.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Potala Palace: Mandala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 237).
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