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Vessel with Dragon Head

Gold and silver plated bronze

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Vessel with Dragon Head - Winged Horse (detail)

銅鎏金銀龍首流淨瓶

中國

日本奈良法隆寺獻納寶物之一,製於中國唐代(618~907)八世紀。淨瓶沿襲波斯薩珊王朝(Sassanid,224~651)水瓶樣式,再與中國傳說的神異動物龍首和身巧妙組合,極富創意,為古來東西文化交流之傑作。瓶身有一行直書「北堂丈六貢高一尺六寸」刻銘,得知係獻納於當時法隆寺北堂丈六佛的佛教供具。一九六四年指定為日本國寶。
 瓶蓋與口仿龍首,執柄作龍身形,細頸斜肩,腹部渾圓,腹徑18.5公分,底為圓形平座,底徑11.3公分。銅質鎏金、銀,先以鍛造轆轤旋製,再焊接而成。龍首上部是蓋,下為流口,以鉸鏈相連,按押龍角,可開瓶蓋,蓋口相合,齒牙緊密扣合;龍睛鑲嵌綠玉,在金銀對比中顯出特殊光澤。
 瓶身腹部線刻四匹帶翼天馬。頸、腹下部各有一道凸弦紋,座設立柱。瓶身一側設長執柄,以鉚釘連接固定於頭、腹二處;柄表面以線紋表現龍鱗。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 363.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Vessel with Dragon Head." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 363.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Vessel with Dragon Head" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:363.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Vessel with Dragon Head. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 363).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
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volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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