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Vessel of Longevity

Coral and gold

珊瑚長壽瓶

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長壽瓶為無量壽佛手中持物,藏傳佛教舉行灌頂或增壽儀式時必備的供器之一。瓶內注滿以藏紅花染紅的純淨溪水和香料、藥物和榖物混合而成的甘露,象徵賜福與延年益壽,有時或盛滿青稞酒。
 此瓶下有圓形托盤,底部飾覆蓮瓣,下緣飾聯珠紋和松石。瓶身和底座以紅珊瑚製成,身圓鼓,下緣以圓珠形珊瑚環繞。盤上兩側有形如摩竭魚尾的裝飾。
 瓶口插蓮瓣形如意寶樹,象徵如意長壽。樹內以青色葉蔓為地,中心嵌一尊無量壽佛像。佛紅色身,帶金色頭光和身光,端坐於白色覆蓮座上。外緣鏤刻金色卷草紋,並飾吉祥物和各色寶石,上方為日月頂。
 瓶口四方各懸垂一條葉狀垂飾,分別代表阿L佛、寶生佛、大日如來和不空成就佛。此四佛與無量壽佛,即為五方佛。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 362.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Vessel of Longevity." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 362.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Vessel of Longevity" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:362.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Vessel of Longevity. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 362).
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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 = 362,
title = {{Vessel of Longevity}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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