A GRAY SCHIST FRIEZE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI AND MAITREYA
古犍陀羅 二/三世紀 灰片岩雕釋迦牟尼佛及彌勒佛碑

ANCIENT REGION OF GANDHARA, 2ND-3RD CENTURY

細節
古犍陀羅 二/三世紀 灰片岩雕釋迦牟尼佛及彌勒佛碑
18 ¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high
來源
Spink and Son Ltd,倫敦, 不晚於1988年.。
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏,芝加哥。
出版
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, Vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, fig. 83.
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 88 and 294, cat. no. 103.
展覽
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 103.

拍品專文


The present frieze depicts Buddha Shakyamuni and Maitreya raising their right hands in abhayamudra, the gesture of reassurance and safety. Both figures are ornately robed in their respective dhoti, displaying the naturalistic attention to drapery characteristic of the Gandharan period that persisted from earlier Graeco-Roman influences in the region. The relief shows Maitreya accompanied by a young, unidentified ascetic while Vajrapani, identified by the thunderbolt in his left hand, stands directly behind Buddha, looking over his shoulder. Maitreya is regarded as the future Buddha, and as such, the present relief depicts Buddha Shakyamuni, the present Buddha, alongside the future Buddha, reassuringly presenting both the security of the present era and projecting future prosperity and peace in the era of Maitreya.

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