佛像网

尺寸：H 9 x W 4 1/8 x D 3 in
年代：18世纪
质地：合金铜鎏金
风格：北京
来源：美国鲁宾艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Udhyana-type Standing Buddha

这尊释迦牟尼佛造像，据信是依照最早的佛陀形象塑造而成。该原始造像由印度优填王敕造，取材于佛陀生平中“从天降凡”的典故——佛陀曾升至三十三天为母说法，后重返人间弘扬教义。此类立佛造型曾盛行于中亚与中国，后亦传入西藏。衣纹处理融合了中国对古中亚风格的诠释：僧袍紧贴身躯，褶皱并非自然垂落，而是形成繁复精妙的图案化纹饰。这种视觉范式常见于同类中国佛教造像，以及清代（1644–1912）后期作品之中。

This sculpture of Buddha Shakyamuni represents him in a form that is believed to be modeled on the first image of the Buddha. That image was created at the bequest of the Indian king Udhyana and refers to the event from the Buddha’s life when the Buddha descended from the realm of the Thirty three gods where he taught his mother to continue his teachings in the human realm. This type of standing Buddha image was very popular in Central Asia and China and subsequently in Tibet as well. The robes, a Chinese interpretation of an older Central-Asian convention, are shown clinging to the body, but instead of falling in natural folds, the pleats form a fanciful and complex pattern. This visual convention is commonly found in Chinese Buddhist sculpture of this type and in examples produced in the later part of the Qing period (1644–1912).