尺寸:56.5 x 31.8 cm
年代:3-4世纪
质地:灰色片岩
风格:犍陀罗
来源:美国诺顿西蒙博物馆
参阅:外部链接
鉴赏:
这尊保存完好的弥勒菩萨坐像,描绘了未来佛弥勒在最终降生人间并证悟成佛之前,于兜率天宫说法的场景。他呈交脚坐姿(此为弥勒造像的典型特征),双手结说法印(转法轮印)。弥勒两侧的胁侍人物,很可能是此像的供养人及其戒师(比丘)
著录:
McArthur, Meher, Reading Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols, 2002, ill. 1 pp. 32-33
Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, no. 32 p. 65
Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1291 p. 390