Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand
Gilt bronze
蓮枝七佛坐像
中國
金銅鑄之七佛多見於隋（581～618）末唐（618～907）初，代表過去世之七佛。佛均身披袈裟，偏袒右肩，手或作禪定印或屈臂揚掌，皆帶透雕的火焰紋寶珠形頭光。佛像是一體鑄成，頭光則是分鑄後再接上，佛高約10公分，略顯形式化。佛結跏趺坐於蓮座，其下是五角形鏤空台座伸出的卷草紋蓮莖。
整體造像比例勻稱，卷草紋樣纖細，造型簡潔，表現當時精湛之金工技術。該作品由台座、卷草莖、小坐佛分別鑄造後再接合而成，顯得珍貴。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1044.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1044.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1044.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Seven Buddhas on a Lotus Stand. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1044).
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