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Maitreya Buddha and Attendants

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張白奴等造彌勒佛三尊像

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主尊彌勒佛立於覆蓮台上,漩渦狀髮,臉龐圓潤,嘴角微抿,雙目垂視。頸長肩圓,形體俊美。內著僧祇支,胸前繫結,著褒衣博帶式袈裟。衣紋線條流轉如波,富有裝飾性,裙裾向外敞開,下襬襞褶重疊呈勻整波浪狀,質感細膩,帶有北魏(386~534)晚期造型之餘韻。該像後流傳至日本,一九六○年指定為日本重要文化財。
 佛身後的蓮瓣形大背光,外圈頂端作騰龍噴水狀,兩側為飛天飄舞和火焰紋樣,作對稱構圖。內圈身光和頭光相連,頭光周緣圈帶刻飾花草圖案,往內線刻多重圓圈,形成同心圓。兩旁脇侍菩薩作淺浮雕,足踏由蓮瓣烘托之蓮台,雙手捧物,表情虔敬,造型端莊。此像集半圓雕、淺浮雕及線刻等技法於一體,表現當時的藝術美感。
 台座正面刻銘文「□魏天平二年(535)……乙卯十月……廿六日高陽郡……縣張白奴寺尼□欽張寧遠造彌勒尊像一軀……祚永隆萬……忝七世師僧……現在宗親□學徒眾生生世世常與佛會一切眾生咸同斯福……」。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 673.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Buddha and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 673.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Buddha and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:673.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Buddha and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 673).
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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 = 673,
title = {{Maitreya Buddha and Attendants}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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