Shanxi: Stele
Limestone
Shanxi: Stele (side)
Shanxi: Stele (back)
四面造像碑
中國
又稱四面像碑、北魏正光造像石柱。原位於山西省。此造像碑內容豐富，共分三部分。碑正面與背面之碑額皆以螭龍盤繞，形成拱形龕，龕內雕一佛二脇侍立像。碑正面主尊佛結跏趺坐，懸裳繁麗，二脇侍菩薩分立左右，下方浮雕維摩詰經變相。最底端刻造像發願文。
碑背面主尊彌勒菩薩，倚坐，足踏雙蓮，二護法側立兩旁，頂部上方以龍華雙樹、天人及寶帳等裝飾。碑兩側皆刻有二層佛龕，內各造坐佛或菩薩一尊；其中倚坐菩薩像下方淺浮雕樹下思惟菩薩像一軀。
據銘文，此碑由二十六位供養人鐫造，是中國北方精美的造像碑之一。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1054.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shanxi: Stele." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1054.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shanxi: Stele" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1054.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shanxi: Stele. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1054).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
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year = {2016}}