Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche
Stone
黃海伯造彌勒佛三尊龕像
中國
此為方形白石所雕造，石板厚度達8.8公分，背、側面仍留有鑿痕，推測原係鑲嵌於寺院的壁龕。北齊時代（550～577）河北省一帶盛行白玉造像，此像即為其中一例。
尖拱形佛龕，龕楣雕飾仿金翅鳥形，龕內以蓮花圓柱區隔主室及左、右側室。主尊彌勒佛結跏趺坐於束腰仰覆蓮座上，兩側為脇侍菩薩立像，形體較小，形成對比。佛、菩薩均具童顏相，體軀圓潤，予人清新之感。主尊膝部的衣紋作漩渦狀，衣紋刻雙線，被視為受中國外來影響的美術圖案，造型獨特。
該龕下方銘刻「天保八年（557）正月廿日佛弟子黃海伯并妻汲為七世內外敬造白玉彌勒像一區下及法界眾生託生四方」，上方為「上為皇帝陛下趙郡大王群僚百官州郡令長俱登彼岸」。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 676.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 676.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:676.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Buddha Triad Niche. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 676).
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