佛像网

尺寸：H. 26 in. (66 cm); W. 26 in. (66 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
年代：3世纪 贵霜时期
质地：片岩 Schist
风格：犍陀罗
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
When the Buddha was eighty he died near the city of Kushinagara(拘尸那迦), breaking free from the cycle of rebirth and reaching nirvana. This panel, which would have been set into the harmika at the top of a stupa (relic mound), shows the Buddha surrounded by lay and monastic mourners in various states of grief. Their reactions are contrasted with the perfect calm of the monk with his back turned, Subhadra(须跋陀罗), who realizes there is no reason for sorrow, as the Buddha has reached nirvana. Iconic images of the Buddha's death, based on the Gandharan prototype, became important icons for veneration across the Buddhist world in following centuries.

Marking: Mason's mark in the center of the lower molding

来源:
Provenance Information: In the collection of Christian Humann (Pan-Asian Collection), New York, by 1977 until his death in 1982; Sold to Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, as estate sale in 1982; Purchased by Alice Boney, New York, from Ellsworth, by 1984; Sold to Herbert and Florence Irving, New York, in 1984; Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving from 1984 through 2015; Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015.

Exhibition Information: On view continuously since 1994 in the Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “The Sensuous Immortals”, October 25, 1977–January 16, 1978. Additional venues: Seattle. Seattle Art Museum, March 9, 1978–April 23, 1978. Denver. Denver Art Museum, May 26, 1978–July 30, 1978. Kansas City. William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, September 13, 1978–October 29, 1978.

Publication Information: Behrendt, Kurt A. The Art of Gandhara in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, pp. 39–41; Pal, Pratapaditya. The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: distributed by the MIT Press, [1977], pp. 32–33; published on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collection database (http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection) as of July 2015.

展览:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection,” October 25, 1977–January 15, 1978.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The Pala-Sena Period,” 2007.

著录:
Pal, Pratapaditya. The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculpture from the Pan-Asian Collection. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [1977], pl. 12.

Behrendt, Kurt. The Art of Gandhara in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, pp. 39–41, cat. no. 35.