尺寸：26.67 x 12.07 x 6.99 cm
年代：18世纪
质地：合金铜
风格：缅甸
来源：洛杉矶艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
这尊青铜造像表现的是药师佛（Bhaishajyaguru，Medicine Buddha）。他左手托药钵（patra），结 dhyana mudra（禅定印）。右手持一枚诃子（myrobalan fruit），这种果实被认为具有药用功效。佛陀周身佩戴繁复的珠宝，头戴一顶独特的宝冠，冠由一圈镂空叶状饰件组成，上方有高髻和宝珠顶饰。这种程式化的冠饰被认为源自东印度波罗王朝（Pala Dynasty，750–1161）冠冕上垂坠的飘带，并进而追溯到缅甸 9–13 世纪的蒲甘（Bagan，Pagan）艺术。此类戴冠坐佛在缅甸和泰国通常被称为 Jambupati（阎浮主，意为阎浮树之主）。这一形象不见于印度文献，其故事与一位心存怀疑的印度国王阎浮主（Jambupati）有关：佛陀以转轮圣王（chakravartin）的庄严王者装束显现，使国王敬畏并最终皈依。他坐于由莲花台座和多层基座构成的宝座上。宝座的结构与 M.78.129 号藏品相似。

一件可资比较的造像现藏于伦敦大英博物馆（馆藏号 1969,0211.1）。

This bronze sculpture represents Bhaishajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha. He holds a medicine bowl (patra) in his left hand displaying the gesture of meditation (dhyana mudra). His right hand holds a myrobalan fruit, which is believed to have medicinal properties. The Buddha is adorned with copious jewelry and wears a distinctive crown composed of a circlet of openwork foliate appendages with a high chignon and jewel finial. The stylized crown form is said to be derived from the flowing ribbons attached to crowns in the Pala Dynasty of Eastern India (750–1161) and, thence, the art of Bagan (Pagan), Burma in the 9th-13th centuries. Crowned seated Buddhas of this type are popularly called Jambupati (Lord of the Rose Apple) in Burma and Thailand. Unknown in Indian sources, it relates to the story of the skeptical Indian king Jambupati who the Buddha awed and converted by manifesting in the sumptuous royal garb of a Universal Monarch (chakravartin). He is seated on a throne in the form of lotus base and multitiered pedestal. The structure of the throne is similar to that of M.78.129.

A comparable image is in the British Museum, London (1969,0211.1).

来源:
Gift of Michael Phillips

著录:
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