尺寸:27.3 x 10.5 x 6.4 cm
年代:8世纪
质地:青铜鎏金 失蜡铸造
风格:中原
来源:纽约大都会博物馆
参阅:外部链接
鉴赏:
观音菩萨头戴三叶花冠,侧冠缯带垂下,束发高髻,顶饰一化佛,为阿弥陀佛,是观音菩萨重要的身份标识。菩萨面庞丰腴,五官清晰,眼微闭,直鼻小口。菩萨胸前佩饰璎珞,袒上身,下着长裙,衣纹自然垂下,飘逸流畅。右手托净瓶,左手下垂拈帔帛,身躯向一侧倾斜,以三折枝式跣足立于台座之上。体态婀娜,造型优美,展现了观音菩萨的慈悲柔美之内涵。身两侧的帔帛自肩部蛇形飘下,落于台座之上,极富动感。
造像青铜铸造,通体鎏金,金质苏黄,鎏金保存完好,局部有脱落。铜在唐代十分贵重,故当时所造佛像尺寸高度多在 5 ~ 10 公分,此像高度超过 27公分,铸造工艺精湛,整像造型生动,堪称唐代金铜造像中的精品,弥足珍贵。
This bodhisattva can be identified as Avalokiteshvara by the small sculpture of a Buddha on his headdress and by the vessel he holds in his right hand. The shape of this vessel, particularly its bird’s-head top, typifies metalwork and ceramics produced in China in the late seventh and early eighth centuries.