Head of a Buddha
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《Head of a Buddha》现在在哪里？ 哈佛藝術博物館, Gallery 2740, floor 2, Buddhist Art, 剑桥. 是，正在展出. 核实 2026年10月12日.
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- 出处
- 博物馆
关于这件雕塑
Crafted for Japanese Buddhist image halls of the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura (1185–1333) periods, the objects in this case were once part of magnificent architectural and sculptural ensembles intended to render the Western Pure Land of the Buddha Amitabha physically present in our earthly realm. To be reborn in the Western Pure Land guaranteed the attainment of awakening; the splendors of this distant land were evoked with gleaming, gilded sculptures of Amitabha and his heavenly entourage, including bodhisattvas and angel-like apsarases. Icons of Amitabha were further canopied with stylized flower garlands in gilt bronze.
继续阅读
This period saw the rise to prominence of wooden statuary, which came to surpass bronze as the main material for Japanese Buddhist sculptures thereafter. Placed within the magnificent settings of image halls, Buddhist sculptures themselves became increasingly decorative and included the extensive use of brilliant polychromy; cut-gold leaf patterning (called kirikane) in the drapery; and metal adornments for crowns, headdresses, and accessories. Despite the richness of their robes and settings, the idealized facial expressions of the figures are serene and introspective — characteristics that reflect the aesthetic ideals of the statues’ courtly patrons.
哈佛藝術博物館
作品信息
- 馆藏编号
- 1954.140
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出处
- 哈佛藝術博物館
- 图片： 哈佛藝術博物館 — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
