Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva
Jade
玉雕彌勒像
上海市嘉定區法華塔地宮出土
一九九六年上海市嘉定區法華塔地宮出土。彌勒面相豐圓，長耳及肩。露齒開懷而笑，雙目瞇成一線，憨態可掬。著深色袈裟，衣紋用弧線刻成，流暢自然。左手放於膝上，右手置於石台上。此作巧妙地運用了材料的色彩，以青白色處作為彌勒的頭部，紫褐色表現頭髮及袈裟。
大肚彌勒形象源自五代後梁（907～923）僧人契此，其身材矮胖，雲遊化緣，相傳能預言禍福吉凶、天氣晦晴；一說為彌勒之應化身，因此身矮腹胖、笑口常開就成了布袋彌勒的造型。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 87.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 87.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:87.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 87).
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