Maitreya Buddha and Attendants
Gilt bronze
彌勒佛及脇侍像
中國
此作品為一佛二菩薩二弟子二力士等七尊造像。主尊彌勒佛倚坐於台座上，高肉髻，面相方圓飽滿，神情端嚴肅穆。身著袒右袈裟，衣褶線條流暢，顯得輕薄貼體。右手施無畏印，左手置於左膝，足分踏二蓮。身後背光鏤空纏枝紋，上間有飛天及化佛多身，雕琢細緻，獨具巧思與創意。
束腰部鏤空的高座下方為四足連鑄的花式壼門台座，台座上一對脇侍菩薩、弟子、護法立像和托舉博山形香爐的地神及雙獅造像等，皆為分鑄再組合。鑄工精湛，是存世唐代（618～907）金銅造像之精品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 675.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Buddha and Attendants." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 675.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Buddha and Attendants" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:675.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Buddha and Attendants. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 675).
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