Pair of Seated Buddhas
Gilt bronze
二佛並坐像
中國
二佛並坐像早在北魏（386～534）初期就成為造像的主題，與《妙法蓮華經》內容有關，二佛的坐姿和手印無一定的樣式，這類主題在隋代（581～618）仍盛行。
二佛結跏趺坐於方形台座之上，座下為四足方台。佛臉形圓，笑容可掬，作無畏印、與願印，袈裟垂落台座，衣褶厚重。蓮瓣形背光飾火焰紋，兩背光上方加一往上尖起的龕楣，兩端彎曲翹起，配合流動的火焰紋，洋溢著一股不斷上揚的力量，造像雖小卻莊嚴而生動。
背光、尊像與方台為一體鑄成，方台背面刻銘文「開皇七年（587）五月八日益貴勝為亡父母敬造像一區」。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 783.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Pair of Seated Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 783.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Pair of Seated Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:783.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Pair of Seated Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 783).
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