Brahma
Gilt copper alloy
大梵天像
中國
藏傳佛教密宗的每一位本尊都有各自的壇城，壇城是本尊神的宮殿，四面有大門，周圍有火山、水城、屍林、庭院等，還有騎虎、羊、鳥、熊、狼等之神祇，以及各式各樣鳥類和野獸。
此像是密宗壇城的護方神之一，十五世紀作品。此梵天騎天鵝，菩薩裝，頭戴寶冠，雙耳垂肩，有項鍊、臂釧、手鐲等裝飾。右手置於大腿上，左手托寶鏡，側身騎跨在天鵝背上。天鵝的翅膀和尾巴微微翹起，雙腳彎曲。
此銅像雖然只是單調的金黃色彩，但是結構勻稱，細部刻劃精細，大梵天和天鵝的表情和動作都顯得生動傳神，是此類造像中的精品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 189.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Brahma." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 189.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Brahma" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:189.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Brahma. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 189).
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