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Yulin Caves: Portable Shrine with the Life of the Buddha (exterior)

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Yulin Caves: Portable Shrine with the Life of the Buddha (interior)

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甘肅省酒泉市瓜州縣榆林窟出土

甘肅省酒泉市瓜州縣榆林窟出土。古時僧侶或佛教徒隨身攜帶此作至中原,供養於榆林窟。推測為印度波羅王朝(Pala,約8~12世紀)作品。
 佛龕高15.9公分,厚3.5公分。由整段象牙對剖為二,中段作合頁相連,兩片相合即為一象。象背上刻一尊菩薩,長髮,戴冠巾,仰頭朝天;身著長袍,手捧寶塔。大象鼻、尾卷曲,四肢強壯,身披鞍轡,立於長方形刻有壼門的台座上。象頭處坐一人,以背托塔;臀部上各跪坐一人,狀似手持刀護衛。象鼻下有二人,一人握韁繩,另一人似托鉢。象腹下各有二人,均身著橫條紋羊腸短裙,前者單手持鉤形器物,後者一手持鉤,一手舉盾。
 龕內部鐫刻佛傳圖,兩面共計五十四格,每格表現一則故事。其中四十五格刻劃樹下降生、仙人占卜、太子學藝、出遊四門、夜半踰城、山中苦修、初轉法輪等內容。人物豐富達二百七十九人,其造型、服裝及容貌具印度及中亞的風格,然每格構圖擁擠。龕上方刻有佛塔,與外部大象馱塔處相對應。另外,下半段中央的八格,以弧線組成印度早期的窣堵波形狀,顯現其布局構思的巧妙。此作品雕刻技法精湛,融合各地的藝術風格,頗為罕見,堪稱稀世珍品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 382.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Yulin Caves: Portable Shrine with the Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 382.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Yulin Caves: Portable Shrine with the Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:382.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Yulin Caves: Portable Shrine with the Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 382).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 382,
title = {{Yulin Caves: Portable Shrine with the Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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