佛像网

尺寸：H. 31 3/4 in. (80.7 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); D. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
年代：3世纪
质地：片岩(Schist)
风格：犍陀罗(古巴基斯坦)
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
弥勒是下一时代的佛陀，正如释迦牟尼是我们这个时代的佛陀。他居于兜率天，等待最后的转世。与其至高转世身份相称，他身着王子的衣饰与珠宝，尽管身后的光环明确标示出其神格地位。通过他左手所持的圣水瓶，可以辨认其身份。

Maitreya is the Buddha of the next age, much as Shakyamuni is the Buddha of our age. He resides in Tushita heaven waiting for his final rebirth. As befits his highest rebirth, he wears the garments and jewels of a prince, though his halo clearly demarks his deified status. He can be identified by the sacred water flask in his left hand.

来源:
[ Colonel M. C. Cooke-Collis , England, ca. 1882 until 1913; sold to MMA ]

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

著录:
Breck, Joseph. “Greco-Buddhist Sculpture.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 8, no. 6 (June 1913). p. 135.

Ingholtm, Harald, and Islay Lyons. Gandharan Art in Pakistan. New York: Pantheon Books, 1957, p. 26, pl. 4 (2).

Gods of India: Museum Section, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York: December 1, 1979–February 26, 1980. Exh. cat. East Hampton, NY: Guild Hall of East Hampton, 1979, cat. no. 49.

Edward S. and Bebe Fleiss Orzac. “Gandharan Art of Central Asia.” Arts of Asia, 13, no. 1, January/ February 1983. pp. 78–87.

Behrendt, Kurt. The Art of Gandhara in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, pp. 54–5, cat. no. 42.

Behrendt, Kurt. How to Read Buddhist Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019, pp. 16, 92–93, figs. 4, 67, 68.