Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch with the Seven Buddhas of the Past (detail)
青金石描金七佛螺
中國
清代（1644～1911）宮廷十八世紀作品，原存放於紫禁城養心殿。螺之音聲悠遠而洪亮，喻佛說法儀節隆盛，廣被大眾，且能降魔。《妙法蓮華經》卷一〈序品〉載：「今佛世尊，欲說大法，雨大法雨，吹大法螺，擊大法鼓，演大法義。」《佛說無量壽經》云：「扣法鼓，吹法螺。」比喻佛以法音覺諸世間。
此作以青金石雕刻出七層左旋螺，高17.2公分，寬9.7公分。平口，口沿四周包銅鍍金。表面浮雕並描金七佛，飾聯珠紋、蓮瓣紋等圖案。中段的七尊坐佛，造型相似，均有肉髻，寬額豐頤，帶有笑意。後有圓形頭光及橢圓形身光，上方懸垂珠鍊。身著袒右袈裟，右覆偏衫，內著僧祇支，結跏趺坐於仰覆蓮座上。諸佛唯印相各異，右手或作禪定印，或作與願印，或施無畏印等；左手各有持物。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 268.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch with the Seven Buddhas of the Past." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 268.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch with the Seven Buddhas of the Past" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:268.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Qing Imperial Palace Mental Cultivation Hall: Conch with the Seven Buddhas of the Past. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 268).
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