佛像网

尺寸：H 12 4/5 x W 9 21/25 x D 5 91/100 in
年代：14世纪
质地：铜鎏金(Metal alloy with traces of gild)
风格：西藏
来源：美国鲁宾艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
释迦牟尼佛是佛教造像中最常见的表现主题。在藏传佛教文化中，佛陀生平、不同法相及其各类圣像常被奉为信仰具象。此尊造像呈现典型的触地印姿态，对应其证悟前夕召请大地见证彻悟实相本性的关键时刻。佛像眼部原施彩绘，今虽瞳孔墨色多已脱落，白色颜料仍依稀可辨。僧袍边缘饰有精细阴刻纹带。双层莲座中，下层莲瓣明显高于上层，既抬升了坐像体态，亦使整体轮廓近乎三角锥形——其顶端由肉髻上方的顶严饰物构成。

Buddha Shakyamuni is the most represented image in Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhist culture there are several forms in which the Buddha’s life, aspects of his being, and his various sacred images are treated as icons. This characteristic representation shows the Buddha touching the ground, referring to the moment just before his enlightenment when he called the earth to witness the impending moment of his full awakening to the nature of reality. The eyes of the Buddha would have been painted, and some of the white pigment is still visible though the black of the pupils is largely gone. A finely incised decorative band runs along the edges of the Buddha’s robe. The lower lotus of the Buddha’s double lotus throne is significantly taller and wider than the upper lotus. It raises the seated figure and creates almost a triangular silhouette for the whole sculpture, its upper tip formed by the ornament above the Buddha’s cranial protuberance (ushnisha).