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Mathura: Buddha and Attendants

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佛坐像

印度北方邦秣菟羅卡特拉出土

印度北方邦秣菟羅卡特拉(Katra, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)出土,為秣菟羅早期佛像雕刻保存完好的佳作之一。佛頭光飾有連弧紋,肉髻呈螺形。雙眉以隆線刻劃,略微上挑,眉心有白毫,雙目圓睜,鼻高唇厚。肩寬,袒右袈裟薄如輕紗,健碩的身形清晰可見。肩上有厚粗的褶紋,袈裟不見一絲橫向的皺褶,為其特色。右手施無畏印,左臂向外張開,手掌撫膝,結跏趺坐於方形台座上。
 佛兩側為二脇侍菩薩立像,均戴高冠,佩瓔珞,右手持拂。菩薩身後雕菩提樹,上端左右各有一散花飛天;方形台座正立面雕有三頭獅子。佛坐姿呈穩定的正三角形構圖,浮雕整體亦強調左右對稱。
 台座上下邊緣有古婆羅謎(Brahmi)文字刻銘,但無造像紀年。該像雖已完全呈現佛陀的相好,銘文中仍稱其為菩薩,此現象常見於秣菟羅早期佛像作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 691.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Buddha and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 691.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mathura: Buddha and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:691.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Buddha and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 691).
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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 G-M},
pages = 691,
title = {{Mathura: Buddha and Attendants}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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