佛像网

尺寸：H. 33 11/16 in. (85.5 cm); W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm); D. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
年代：5世纪晚期
质地：红砂岩(Red sandstone)
风格：印度 笈多 马图拉
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Standing Buddha Offering Protection
late 5th century
India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)

This Buddha image embodies the qualities of radiant inner calm and stillness, the products of supreme wisdom. The figure once raised his right hand (now missing) in the characteristic abhaya-mudra, a gesture dispelling fear and imparting reassurance. The Buddha is robed in the simple, uncut cloth of a monk, and his religiosity is further conveyed by a large halo and auspicious markings (lakshanas), both natural and supernatural, denoting Buddhahood (the state of perfect enlightenment), As the summation of stylistic development in a period of Buddhist expansion, this representation became the benchmark for the Buddha image throughout Asia.

来源:
Mr. M. Volkart , Shanghai and Switzerland (by 1948, bequeathed to Tresoldi);; Guido Tresoldi Swiss, Lugano (until 1978; consigned to Gamma Art );; [ Gamma Art International , Vaduz, Liechtenstein, until 1979, sold to MMA ]

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

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions,” October 24, 2008–February 1, 2009.

著录:
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1975–1979.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979, p. 87.

Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, p. 248, fig. 19.

Postcard Book: 32 Far Eastern Treasures in Color, Ready for Mailing. [New York]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [1983], p. 1.

Pal, Pratapaditya. Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian art. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984, p. 200, cat. no. 84.

Barnhart, Richard M. (Introduction). The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, p. 122, pl. 78.

Burn, Barbara, ed. Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, p. 161.

Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, p. 100, fig. 19.

Kossak, Steven M. “The Arts of South and Southeast Asia.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s. 51, no. 4 (spring 1994) pp. 26–27, fig. 15.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012, p. 114.