Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha
Limestone
姚元之造佛倚坐像
原陝西省西安市寶慶寺七寶台
原位於陝西省西安市寶慶寺七寶台之浮雕龕像。龕像原屬長安（今陝西西安）光宅寺七寶台，後寺毀，龕像遂移至寶慶寺。
此像呈倚坐姿，肉髻高圓，滿布螺髮。面相豐圓，體態健碩，內著僧祇支，外披袈裟，衣紋簡約，勁健流暢，線條隨體圓轉，刀法純熟。右手已毀損，左手自然置於左膝上。雙足踏於台座下升起的兩朵蓮花。方形台座左右各有一獅相對蹲坐，左側蹲獅已損毀。
該像刻有銘記「功彰昊天之恩施渥牛涔效淺每以弄鳥勤侍思反哺……長安三年（703）九月十五日銀青光祿大夫行鳳閣侍郎兼檢校相王府長史姚元之造彌勒像記」，故推知此為武周時期（684～705）宰相姚元之（姚崇）為祈求武則天平安長壽發願所作之彌勒佛造像。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 388.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 388.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:388.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Guangzhai Temple Seven Jewel Tower: Maitreya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 388).
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