Maitreya Bodhisattva and Attendants
Ink and color on silk
彌勒菩薩及脇侍像
中國
約繪製於十四世紀。彌勒菩薩頭戴三花寶冠，寶冠上有五尊化佛，寶冠兩邊垂吊飾帶。斂目垂視，蓄留髭鬚，緊閉嘴唇，神態安詳。左手托莖柄，右手持蓮花，花上置寶塔，結跏趺坐於八角高台多重仰蓮座上。菩薩身披袈裟，瓔珞嚴身，在宋（960～1279）元（1271～1368）佛畫中很多。圓形頭光猶如皎月，背光透明，照徹虛空。
彌勒菩薩台座兩側為脇侍菩薩，比例較小，戴冠，雙手持法物舉於胸前，雙足分踏蓮花，作對稱姿態；肌膚稍加暈染。
釋迦牟尼佛曾預言授記，約人間五十七億六千萬年後，彌勒菩薩將下生人間，於龍華樹下成佛，分三會說法。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 501.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Bodhisattva and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 501.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Maitreya Bodhisattva and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:501.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Maitreya Bodhisattva and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 501).
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