Maitreya Buddha
Limestone
閻宗造彌勒佛倚坐像
中國
佛倚坐於束腰須彌座上，腳分踏於升起二蓮花上。高肉髻，髮作漩渦紋，臉形方圓，眉眼細長，頸刻三道紋，體型壯碩。外披雙領下垂袈裟，內著袒右僧祇支，衣薄貼體垂覆於座上，衣紋處理寫實自然，體現出厚實圓潤的身軀。背光外圈為火焰紋，內圈頭光為高浮雕蓮瓣紋，飽滿和謐。佛右手部分已損壞，原應施無畏印，左手撫於膝上。
方座上刻發願文「大唐神龍元年（705）／歲次乙巳六月己／酉□十八日佛弟／子閻宗奉為／亡父母七代先亡／及見存家口內外／眷屬敬造彌勒／像并二菩薩合／家大小一心供養」。此像刻工細膩，裝飾意味強，為初唐時期（618～712）的精品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 669.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Maitreya Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 669.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Maitreya Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:669.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Maitreya Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 669).
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