佛像网

尺寸: 不详
年代: 12世纪
质地: Color on silk
风格: 日本
来源: 日本东京国立博物馆
参阅: 外部链接
鉴赏:
The Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva Kannon

The center of this picture is filled with a large depiction of the thousand-armed Kannon, or Sahasrabhuja in Sanskrit. Standing beneath are the Brahman sage Basusen, or Vasu, and the Goddess of Merit Kudokuten, or Srimahadevi. The thousand-armed Kannon is a Buddhist deity furnished with a thousand arms to save all sentient beings. Each hand holds an object that symbolizes the power of Buddha, with the hands beautifully arranged in a circular fashion to match the shape of the mandorla. The deity's robes and pedestal both feature patterns created using a technique called kirikane, which involves cutting gold leaf into thin hair-like strips and pasting them onto a surface. The flower petals on the pedestal use a particularly unique type of foil composed of silver leaf overlaid with gold leaf. This radiance contains subtly shifting colors and a refined sense of depth. The Kannon's plump face exudes compassion and the painting is imbued with the magnificent elegance of Heian-period religious devotion.

千手观音菩萨

画面中央大幅描绘的是千手观音（梵文称Sahasrabhuja）。其下方站立的是婆罗门仙人婆薮仙（Basusen，即Vasu）与功德天女（Kudokuten，即Srimahadevi）。千手观音是具备千臂以救度一切众生的佛教神祇。每只手中各持一件象征佛力的法器，双手呈环形优美排列，与背光的形状相呼应。菩萨的衣袍与台座上均饰有采用“截金”技法描绘的纹样，该技法将金箔切割成发丝般的细条后贴于表面。台座上的花瓣尤为独特，采用了银箔上覆金箔的复合箔片，其光芒中蕴含着微妙的色彩变幻与精致的层次感。观音丰盈的面容流露出慈悲之态，整幅画作洋溢着平安时代宗教崇奉所特有的华美典雅。