Chaoyang North Pagoda: Bodhi Trees
Silver and copper alloy
銀菩提樹
遼寧省朝陽市朝陽北塔天宮出土
一九八八年遼寧省朝陽市朝陽北塔天宮發現。菩提樹一組四株，通體銀製。樹冠呈卵形，分成四層十六枝椏，頂端一枝呈覆葉狀，其餘側立分散於樹幹四周。每枝連一片花瓣形銀葉，其上鏨刻細密葉紋，分上中下三個層次，呈輻射狀，葉片中間有凸點，似菩提籽。
菩提樹的樹幹、樹枝皆以銀絲捆縛而成。樹幹呈圓柱形，外包銀片，質地光滑，插於八角形銅座上。銅座上窄下寬，縱剖面呈梯形。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 32.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Chaoyang North Pagoda: Bodhi Trees." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 32.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Chaoyang North Pagoda: Bodhi Trees" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:32.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Chaoyang North Pagoda: Bodhi Trees. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 32).
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