佛像网

尺寸：H. 32.4 cm
年代：12世纪
质地：银嵌铜
风格：印度 帕拉
来源：克利夫兰艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Bodhisattva Maitreya: The Future Buddha
1100s
East India, Bengal, Pala period, 12th century

silver inlaid with turquoise, copper, brass and gold; gilt bronze lotus
银（器身）嵌绿松石、红铜、黄铜及金；鎏金青铜莲座

与所有菩萨一样，弥勒身着王子装束，其左肩上方的不死甘露瓶是辨识他的标志。佛教徒相信，弥勒将在遥远的未来转世，复兴并重建人间的佛教，就像历史上的佛陀释迦牟尼在公元前5世纪所做的那样。他头发上的蓝色颜料表明，这尊雕像曾在西藏使用过。它很可能是在公元11至12世纪被带入西藏的——当时，大批佛教徒因政治动荡从印度东北部迁往尼泊尔和西藏，而这两个地区佛教正在扩张，对印度上师、经典和艺术品的需求十分旺盛。

Dressed as a prince like all bodhisattvas, Maitreya is identifiable by the pot of nectar of immortality above his left shoulder. According to Buddhists, Maitreya will be reborn in the distant future to renew and reestablish the religion of Buddhism on earth, like the historical Buddha Shakyamuni did in the 400s BC. The blue paint on his hair indicates that this sculpture was used in Tibet. It was probably brought to Tibet, likely during the 1100s to 1200s when Buddhists relocated en masse from politically unstable northeastern India to Nepal and Tibet, where Buddhism was expanding and Indian masters, texts, and art were in high demand.

传承:
The Pan-Asian Collection, New York, NY
?–1982
(Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1982–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

著录:
Schroeder, Ulrich von. Indo-Tibetan Bronzes. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1981. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 71F, pp. 286–287
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Reproduced: p. 28; Mentioned: p. 54, no. 95 www.jstor.org
Ghose, Rajeshwari, Puay-peng Ho, and Chuntang Yang. Fa xiang chuan zhen: gu dai fo jiao yi shu [法相傳真 : 古代佛教兿術; In the footsteps of the Buddha: an iconic journey from India to China]. Hong Kong: Xianggang da xue mei shu bo wu guan, 1998. cat. no. 28, p. 185
Weldon, David, and Jane Casey Singer. The sculptural heritage of Tibet: Buddhist art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection. London: Laurence King Publishing, 1999. figs. 15–16, pp. 22–23
Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterworks on Loan: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art: April through June 2016. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 24–25
Sotheby's New York. Masterpieces from the Nyingjei Lam Collection. 21 March 2023. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 29, fig. 1

展览:
In the Footsteps of Buddha: An Iconic Journey from India to China. University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (September 26-December 15, 1998).
Images of Enlightenment: Gems from Buddhist Art of Asia. Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (September 26-December 15, 1998).
Sacred India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).
The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).