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Qing Imperial Palace: Mandala of Mount Sumeru

Gilt copper alloy

金銅須彌山曼荼羅

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清宮舊藏。清代(1644~1911)藏傳佛教供具。曼荼羅銅質鎏金,置於束腰紫檀木座上。中央矗立高聳的須彌山,山頂築一亭式龕,為雙層圓頂柱狀結構,周圈有圍欄屏護;兩側祥雲頂端各鑲嵌紅、藍寶石,以象徵日月。山體四面分三層各築樓閣,分別代表圍繞須彌山的四大部洲。須彌山下為七層台階構成的圓形台座,代表七級浮屠,台面四方又各築一樓閣式建築。
 曼荼羅下為圓形底座,上置七政寶、八吉祥等供器。座立面作三層帶狀紋飾,最上層為紅、綠及藍三色寶石鑲嵌的蓮花和祥雲紋圖案;中層雕鏨藏文;底層為覆蓮瓣。座內中空,放置黃、紅、綠、白、藍五色哈達。
 此作造型工巧精緻,富麗莊嚴,以雕塑、鑄造等技法,表現須彌山、四大部洲等佛教宇宙觀的立體形象,供修行者觀想。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 254.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Qing Imperial Palace: Mandala of Mount Sumeru." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 254.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Qing Imperial Palace: Mandala of Mount Sumeru" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:254.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Qing Imperial Palace: Mandala of Mount Sumeru. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 254).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 254,
title = {{Qing Imperial Palace: Mandala of Mount Sumeru}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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