Miaoying Temple White Stupa: Figurine of Amitayus Buddha
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Miaoying Temple White Stupa: Figurine of Amitayus Buddha Within the Case
金嵌寶石無量壽佛坐像
北京市西城區妙應寺白塔出土
一九七八年北京市西城區妙應寺白塔發現。藏傳佛教以阿彌陀佛之應化身為無量光佛，其報身則為無量壽佛。此攜帶式佛龕製於明永樂（1403～1424）至宣德（1426～1435）年間，龕內置無量壽佛一尊，清乾隆十八年（1753）修繕白塔時置入塔內。
佛戴五葉寶冠，高髮髻，頂上有髻珠，黑髮披肩，耳璫、寶冠均綴大紅寶石。大眼高鼻，雙目下視，面帶笑意。寬肩細腰，袒上身，帔帛自雙肩繞臂而下。腰束長裙，身飾瓔珞、項圈、臂釧。雙手結禪定印，上托長壽寶瓶，結跏趺坐於仰覆蓮座上。像高5公分，底寬4.8公分，小巧精緻，全身鑲嵌大小不一的四十四顆紅寶石。
此像收於三弧圓拱形龕內。龕銅質鎏金，可開闔，正、背面均刻有藏文咒語。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 189.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Miaoying Temple White Stupa: Figurine of Amitayus Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 189.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Miaoying Temple White Stupa: Figurine of Amitayus Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:189.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Miaoying Temple White Stupa: Figurine of Amitayus Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 189).
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