Bowl in the Shape of a Lotus
Gilt copper alloy
金銅蓮花碗
柬埔寨
柬埔寨十二世紀佛教供具。佛及菩薩大多以蓮花為座，蓮花亦常作為供養佛、菩薩之具。
碗作八蓮瓣形，弧腹，平底，圈足。口沿焊接金線，呈花邊形。蓮瓣內側中央壓線紋，瓣尖微翹。碗腹豐圓，碗心中央飾一花紋，由八片小花瓣形成的花環圍繞，邊飾聯珠紋。腹及足分別澆鑄成型，後焊接而成。碗壁鐫刻銘文，記載此碗製作年代，但確切的製造日期及收藏寺院無從考察。文中供養人名清晰可見，說明非皇室用器。
柬埔寨傳世的器物多為青銅製品，此件金銅器皿，器形優雅，線條流暢，為罕見的工巧文物。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 19.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bowl in the Shape of a Lotus." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 19.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Bowl in the Shape of a Lotus" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:19.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Bowl in the Shape of a Lotus. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 19).
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