Stupa
Gilt copper alloy
金銅聚蓮塔
中國
聚蓮塔為藏式八塔之一，又稱降生塔，象徵釋迦牟尼佛的誕生。塔為銅質鎏金，由塔基、塔身及塔剎所組成。塔基為束腰須彌座，上下立面各飾雙層仰覆蓮瓣。束腰處四面皆由束蓮柱分為三間，中間有一隻造型生動的臥獅，左右兩側另飾圖紋。
塔基上有四層覆蓮瓣金剛圈，此乃聚蓮塔之特徵；其上以仰蓮瓣承托覆鉢式塔身。塔身上為方形剎座，邊緣刻有「大明永樂年（1403～1424）施」字款。塔剎作仰蓮、十三重相輪，上接華蓋，頂飾仰月、日輪及寶珠。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 315.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 315.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:315.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 315).
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