清乾隆 銅鎏金簪花藥師佛坐像

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英文品名：A GILT-BRONZE CROWNED FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA 尺寸：H:40cm 銅鎏金。藥師佛結跏趺坐於雙層蓮座之上，頭戴五葉寶冠，冠飾珠寶，耳下垂圓墜耳璫。佛面方頤，彎眉垂目，脣含微笑，神態慈怡。右手下垂結與願印，執藥果；左手於腹前託缽。僧袍通身陰刻花卉錦地，衣緣飾聯珠與蓮瓣，蓮座雙層仰覆蓮瓣肥厚飽滿。鎏金飽滿，刻工細緻，為清代藏傳供奉造像。銅鎏金又稱「塗金」「火鍍金」，戰國已成熟，工序為：將金箔剪成細絲，與水銀按比例加溫合成「金汞齊」，塗於銅器表面，經炭火烘烤使水銀蒸發，金層緊附於銅胎，再以瑪瑙壓子壓光。如此反覆多次，鎏金方勻厚。造像於衣緣、蓮座邊線還陰刻聯珠、蓮瓣，刻後再鎏金，故細紋金亮。清代藏傳佛像多以此法製作，奉於佛龕之中。 A gilt-bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha seated in vajrasana on a double-lotus throne. He wears a five-leaf jewelled crown and pendent ear ornaments, with a square face, downcast eyes and gentle smile. The right hand bends down in varada mudra holding a medicinal fruit, while the left rests in the lap holding a bowl. The monastic robe is incised throughout with floral brocade patterns, edged with beaded and lotus-petal borders. The double lotus throne has plump petals. The gilding is full and the chasing precise, made for Tibetan Buddhist devotion. Gilt bronze, or fire-gilding, was already mature in the Warring States period. Gold leaf is cut into shreds and heated with mercury to form a gold amalgam, which is spread over the bronze surface; on heating over charcoal the mercury evaporates, leaving the gold bonded to the bronze, which is then burnished with an agate tool. Repeated applications build up an even layer. On this figure the robe edges and lotus rim are first incised with beaded and petal borders, then gilded, so that the fine lines remain bright. Tibetan Buddhist images of this kind were commonly fire-gilded and enshrined in niches.

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