Mahakala
Gilt copper alloy
大黑天像
中國
此像為西藏地區十五世紀的作品。尊像高51.6公分，額際有透視法界第三眼，頭戴髑髏冠，身披蛇串成的人頭鬘，右手持殘留的刀柄，左手持物已失，身軀矮胖，下半身呈微蹲姿態，非常具有分量，是藏傳佛教的護法之一。
此尊大黑天為怖畏之相，眼睛圓鼓，鷹勾鼻，嘴露獠牙，手腳的指甲作爪狀，身軀壯碩，身體結構成幾何狀，無肌肉質感的描寫。眉毛、鬍鬚均作規則的火焰狀，胸前珠串瓔珞作圓弧狀，規矩對稱，耳飾、臂釧及裙的樣式雖繁複，卻十分規整。背後開一方孔，當為裝藏所遺。
對稱的身體與細節的刻劃，再加上瓔珞等裝飾的樣式，說明此尊為受到漢式風格影響下的西藏造像，或更準確的說是遵循西藏圖像與漢式風格的混合。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 652.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mahakala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 652.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mahakala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:652.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mahakala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 652).
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