Potala Palace: Embroidery of Maitreya Buddha
Silk
貼花繡彌勒佛坐像
中國
彌勒佛綰髮高髻，戴華麗寶冠，兩側冠帶飄舉，耳璫及長髮垂肩。臉形圓潤，眉目細長，面露微笑，五官俊朗，神情生動。後有圓形頭光及身光，均邊飾七彩圓輪；黑色地身光，以釘金法繡放射光芒。袒上身，佩項圈、臂釧、腕釧及足釧。肩披帔帛，向下飄繞，下繫紅色花裙，衣著色彩鮮明，莊嚴又不失華麗。雙手當胸拈長莖蓮花，花莖延展於肩部，其右側花座上托法輪，左側則為淨瓶，結跏趺坐於五色仰覆蓮座上。
刺繡構圖對稱，青色為天，綠色為地，日月用平金法繡成，光輝耀目。整幅作品以彩色綾子剪貼，加繡勾勒線條而成，精工富麗。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 234.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Potala Palace: Embroidery of Maitreya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 234.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Potala Palace: Embroidery of Maitreya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:234.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Potala Palace: Embroidery of Maitreya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 234).
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