尺寸:21.8 x 14.1 x 5.5 cm
年代:北魏(473年)
质地:铜鎏金
风格:中原
来源:美国弗利尔美术馆
参阅:外部链接
鉴赏:
此释迦多宝佛像是一千五百多年前北魏时期常见的一种造像;释迦牟尼佛和多宝佛背屏各自为一个独立的舟形火焰纹背光。释迦多宝佛高肉髻,着通肩袈裟,右手施无畏印,左手握衣角,安住于四足方座之上。
据《妙法莲花经·见宝塔品》等佛经记载,释迦在七叶窟说《法华经》时,地下涌出七佛宝塔,悬于空中,多宝佛于宝塔中踞狮子座,对释迦赞叹有加,并分半座给释迦,二佛并坐,共同说法。一时间天上万种香花纷纷飘下,坠于众生之上。
The Buddhas Duobao (Prabhutaratna) and Sakyamuni standing side-by-side
Previous custodian or owner
Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
To 1911
Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 280, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.