清 銅無量壽佛坐像

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英文品名：A BRONZE SEATED AMITAYUS, QING DYNASTY 尺寸：H:20.5cm 此像為銅鑄，無量壽佛結跏趺坐於須彌座式方座上，頭戴五葉寶冠，面目慈藹微俯，雙手於腹前結禪定印，托寶缽。身後鏤火焰紋大背光。項飾瓔珞、臂釧，衣紋流暢。銅皮古厚，局部鎏金。為清代藏傳佛像。無量壽佛，即阿彌陀佛，梵名 Amitayus（無量壽）與 Amitabha（無量光）同尊異名。為西方極樂世界之主，念佛求生極樂，為淨土宗之根本本尊。藏傳佛教尤重無量壽佛，以其主壽命，故於乾隆帝壽辰、皇太后萬壽時，宮中多鑄無量壽佛像供奉，祈長生久視。此像戴冠、托缽、結禪定印，即無量壽佛標準像。 This bronze Amitayus sits in full lotus on a throne base, wearing a five-leaf crown, the face gentle, both hands in dhyana mudra before the belly holding a reliquary bowl. A large openwork flaming mandorla rises behind. Jewelled necklaces and armlets adorn him, the robes flowing. The bronze is ancient, partly gilded. It is a Qing Tibetan Buddhist figure. Amitayus (Buddha of Infinite Life) is the same as Amitabha, lord of the Western Pure Land; Pure Land practice invokes him for rebirth there. Tibetan Buddhism especially reveres Amitayus as lord of longevity; for the Qianlong emperor's and empress dowager's birthdays, the court cast many such images praying for long life. The crowned, bowl-holding, meditation-mudra form is the standard Amitayus.

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