尺寸：H. 39.4 cm; W. .4 cm; D. 30.5 cm
年代：北齐
质地：石灰岩石雕
风格：中原
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
位于中国河北省境内的响堂山石窟佛像雕刻精美，构思巧妙，具有鲜明的时代特点。它一反北魏中晚“深目高鼻、瘦骨清风”的人物造型模式，开拓出一种造型健壮、敦实厚重的风范；是由东魏北齐，向唐朝承上启下过渡的一种艺术风格，也推动中国的佛教文化更加繁荣昌盛。但在大约一个世纪以前，响堂山石窟开始遭受到大规模的盗窃和破坏，大量佛像被盗往海外。

此尊佛像最初位于河北省邯郸市的南响堂山石窟. 其头部螺发低平，面部肉感饱满，二侧大耳垂肩。双眉细弯，眼部细长，目光俯视，嘴部上翘，微笑慈祥。整个面部的雕刻精致而圆润，将佛相之好一一表达出来，完美而准确。从正面看佛像神情安详宁静，令人对佛教的神圣庄严肃然起敬。

来源:
Southern Xiangtangshan caves, Hebei Province 南響堂山石窟

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roothbert Prussian, New York (until 1957; donated to MMA)

展览:
National Museum of History, Taipei. “中國古代石雕藝術,” February 13, 1983–May 15, 1983.

Chung-Cheng Culture Center. “中國古代石雕藝術,” May 25, 1983–July 25, 1983.

Tainan Culture Center. “中國古代石雕藝術,” August 10, 1983–September 30, 1983.

Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. “Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Xiangtangshan,” September 30, 2010–January 16, 2011.

Washington, DC. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. “Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Xiangtangshan,” February 26, 2011–July 31, 2011.

著录:
He Pingnan, and Angela Falco Howard. Zhongguo gudai shidiao yishu (Chinese Buddhist sculpture from the Wei through the T'ang dynasties) 中國古代石雕藝術 . Exh. cat. Taipei: National Museum of History, Taipei, [1983], pp. 132–33, cat. no. 15.

Tsiang, Katherine R. Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan. Exh. cat. Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2010, pp. 222–223, cat. no. 29.