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Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche

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蕭元春造彌勒佛三尊龕像

原陝西省西安市寶慶寺七寶台

原位於陝西省西安市寶慶寺七寶台之浮雕龕像。此浮雕龕像傳係武周長安三年(703)武則天為莊嚴長安(今陝西西安)光宅寺之七寶花台所作,後龕像移至寶慶寺。清(1644~1911)末大部分石龕流至海外,該龕像為流傳至日本作品之一,現為日本重要文化財。
 龕楣刻飾華蓋,兩旁為飛天飄舞,線條清晰,刻劃細緻。主尊彌勒佛螺髮高肉髻,臉形方圓,大耳。垂足倚坐,右手施無畏印,左手置於膝上。肩寬腹收,衣著輕柔貼體,裙裾垂至足踝,襞褶流暢呈「U」形,棱條凸起。蓮座下有一對守護瑞獅,蹲踞兩旁。
 二脇侍菩薩頭戴高冠,五官刻劃入微。佛左脇侍菩薩右手持物,左手握帛帶;右脇侍菩薩左手上舉白拂,右手提淨瓶。皆袒上身,佩胸飾,斜披絡腋,著羊腸裙,腹部繫帶,立於仰覆蓮台上,身軀呈「S」形,更襯托出優美造型。三尊皆帶蓮瓣形頭光。
 造像銘文「……前揚州大都督府揚子縣令蘭陵蕭元●(z-1)(春)學菩薩行現宰官身留犢三江還鳧八水于是大弘佛事深種善根奉為七代先生爰及四生庶類敬造彌勒像一鋪并二菩薩尊粵以大周長安三年(703)九月十五日雕鐫就畢巍巍高妙霞生七寶之台……」。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 388.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 388.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:388.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 388).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 388,
title = {{Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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