佛像网

尺寸：150.2 x 76.2 x 25.4 cm
年代：2-3世纪
质地：片岩
风格：犍陀罗(古巴基斯坦)
来源：美国Walters艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
这尊气势恢宏的菩萨立像，身着古代犍陀罗地区（位于今巴基斯坦和阿富汗境内）贵霜王子或贵族的华美服饰与珠宝，极为繁丽。强壮而丰满的身躯、胸腹间圆润的肌肉线条，以及长而飘逸的秀发，进一步凸显了这尊造像的王者气度。刚毅饱满的下颌、笔直的鼻梁，以及饰有优雅卷曲髭须的光滑鹅蛋脸，暗示了公元一千纪犍陀罗艺术与文化中的民族融合与世界主义特征。尽管其侧面轮廓带有强烈的希腊化风格，但造像的着装却是一位彻底的印度统治者形象：赤裸上身，身着围腰布（dhoti），一条饰带随意搭于肩头，并沿前臂优雅地呈弧线垂下。鲜明的西方古典特征（尤其是写实处理的衣纹与肌肉）与本土的服饰和持物元素并置，正是犍陀罗佛教雕塑的典型特征。

虽然双臂均已缺失，但左臂的姿态似乎表明它原本持有一件净瓶（kundika），内盛甘露（amrita），象征着未来得救的承诺，这正符合弥勒菩萨的精神角色。这尊令人印象深刻的雕塑，展示了菩萨作为佛教宗教与艺术传统中一个独特图像学形象的出现。

This majestic figure of a standing bodhisattva is lavishly attired in the rich dress and jewelry of a Kushana prince or nobleman from the ancient region of Gandhara (parts of present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan). The powerful, fleshy torso, the rounded musculature of the chest and abdomen, and the long, flowing hair further emphasize the figure’s regal bearing. The strong, round chin, straight nose, and smooth oval face adorned by an elegantly twirling mustache suggest the mixture of races and cosmopolitan nature of first-millennium Gandharan art and culture. Although strongly Hellenizing in profile, the figure is dressed as a thoroughly Indian ruler, wearing the dhoti, bare-chested, with a sash casually slung over the shoulder and draped in an elegant curve over the forearm. The juxtaposition of distinctly Western classical features, particularly the realistically rendered drapery and musculature, with the indigenous elements of dress and attributes, typifies Gandharan Buddhist sculpture.

Although both arms are missing, the position of the left arm seems to indicate that it held a water pot (kundika) containing amrita (the elixir of life) and a symbolic promise of salvation in the future, the spiritual role of the bodhisattva Maitreya. This impressive sculpture illustrates the emergence of the bodhisattva as a distinct iconographic image in the Buddhist religion and artistic tradition.

来源:
Private collection, Switzerland;
(Eskenazi, Ltd., London);
purchased by Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, 1997.

入藏号: AP 1997.04