尺寸:33 x 17.5 x 15.4 cm
年代:北齐(575年)
质地:大理石
风格:中原
来源:美国弗利尔美术馆
参阅:外部链接
鉴赏:
思惟像是5-6世纪北朝晚期,尤其是东魏至北齐时期, 中国佛教艺术中一度非常流行的形式。单体思惟像可能是首先流行于河北地区,并逐步传播影响至山东地区, 但只维持了比较短暂的时间,自隋以后逐渐少见。
这尊石雕弥勒颠覆了对近代民间流传弥勒佛的样式,更富神性,整体造型元素丰富而匀称,姿态静逸而优雅,眉目清浅而祥和,虽在沉思冥想,但却从各个角度透露出平和自在。
The Bodhisattva Mile (Sanskrit Maitreya), seated in “Pensive Pose”
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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 308, pg. 76, 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.