北魏 石灰石雕佛坐像

carved seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular base, the hands in dhyanamudra, wearing a pleated robe draped over the left shoulder and partly cast over the right, falling in undulating folds off his left forearm and knees leaving the torso bare, the face detailed with downcast eyes and tight bud lips, framed by long pendulous earlobes and surmounted by an ushnisha, all against a pointed mandorla edged with flames and framed by five dhyani Buddhas seated in niches carved in low relief, and six further small Buddhas on the side above two kneeling donors in profile, the rectangular base bordered with pendent petal lappets supported on two crouching lions flanking a central cintamani jewel wreathed in curling foliage, the patinated stone of dark gray color with pale red undertones

購於1950至1960年代

There is some surace wear commensurated with age as visible in the photo. The front left lower corner of the base and rear left edge of the mandorla are truncated. There is no apparent recent damages or restorations. The sculpture was probably kept in a smoky environment as the stone is covered overall with a dark patina.
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此佛像特殊之處，在於簡潔而深邃的雕刻風格，屬北魏之風格。佛面相飽圓，髮髻光素無紋飾，為早期雕刻特色，此時佛陀多作青年貌，及飽實面龐。面帶莊嚴淺笑，反映出源自犍陀羅的佛教造像，已演化為更具中國本土特色的面貌。

二尊類似佛教造像，刊錄於《六朝の美術》，東京，1976年，彩圖50及圖版231，同錄還有一尊坐像，背光已失，屬此批造像，紀年北魏天安元年（466），圖版49。參考另一尊相類佛與二脇侍菩薩造像，紀年延興二年（472），現藏大和文化館，同上註，圖版230。還有一例，佛作於三尊像石龕中心，紀年太安元年（455），藏於京都藤井齊成會有鄰館，同上註，圖版228。東京大和文華館藏一相類作例，載於松原三郎，《中国仏敎彫刻史論》，東京，1995年，圖版編一，圖版44，同錄一尊獅座佛造像，類同現例，圖版45b。