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尺寸：H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); W. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); D. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. of base 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
年代：11世纪
质地：青铜鎏金 失蜡法铸造(lost-wax cast)
风格：中原
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2006.284/
鉴赏：
This Buddha holds his hands in a “wisdom fist”(智拳印), a gesture in which the left hand grasps the index finger of the right hand(左手握住右手食指). This identifies him as Vairocana, one of the many celestial, or transcendent, Buddhas who were particularly important in China from the sixth through tenth centuries. Vairocana often makes this gesture when he is depicted at the center of the Womb World Mandala(胎藏界曼荼罗), and it is possible that this beautifully cast sculpture was once part of a larger grouping of images arranged as a mandala, or cosmic diagram.