Life of the Buddha - Monkey and Elephant Making Offerings
Bronze with lacquer, gold leaf, and glass
釋迦牟尼佛坐像
泰國
泰國曼谷時期（1782〜）的鑄造品，主題取材自佛傳故事。釋迦牟尼佛率領眾弟子行化至憍賞彌國時，因故獨自隱入巴利雷雅卡森林（Parileyyaka），其時有一頭離群的大象前來供養佛陀飲食，後又有獼猴為佛陀獻蜜，當佛陀離開森林後，此二動物傷心而卒，一同往生至忉利天。
作品刻劃佛陀倚坐於菩提樹下，腳踏圓台。圓台前為雙手獻供的獼猴及蹲坐仰首、鼻舉水瓶的大象。佛雙手置於腿上，掌心朝上，代表接受供養。佛形象高大，獼猴及大象相對顯得小巧，顯示出佛的偉大。
整體造像包括菩提樹和座前的動物均金光閃閃。佛陀身上袒右袈裟樣式雖樸素，但淺刻紋飾，衣緣滾邊，富有裝飾效果，反映出曼谷時期的審美旨趣。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 598.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Monkey and Elephant Making Offerings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 598.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Monkey and Elephant Making Offerings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:598.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Monkey and Elephant Making Offerings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 598).
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