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Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva

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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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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 87,
title = {{Fahua Pagoda: Figurine of Maitreya Bodhisattva}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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