Potala Palace: Vajravarahi
Gilt copper alloy
金剛亥母像
中國
此像造於十五世紀。頭戴寶冠，束高髻，一面二臂，面有三目，雙眼圓瞪，鼻挺唇小，右側凸出一豬面，是金剛亥母的特徵之一。豐胸細腰，戴項圈，瓔珞珠鍊於身前交叉，身披骷髏鬘，下身繫網狀瓔珞飾三串珠鍊流蘇。身側蓮枝自台面升起，蔓延曲折，形如帔帛飄舞，末端飾寶石花，琳琅滿目，璀燦富麗。右手高舉鉞刀，左手當胸持嘎巴拉碗，左腳踏仰魔，舞立於仰覆蓮台上，整體造型精美富動感。蓮台上下飾有聯珠紋，蓮瓣細密，為明代（1368～1644）造像特點之一。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 829.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Potala Palace: Vajravarahi." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 829.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Potala Palace: Vajravarahi" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:829.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Potala Palace: Vajravarahi. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 829).
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