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529 A RARE AND IMPORTANT DATED MARBLE 北魏孝昌二年（公元526年） 比丘法興造釋迦三尊
BUDDHIST TRIAD 黃花石像

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534), DATED SECOND 來源
YEAR OF XIAOCHANG, CORRESPONDING TO AD 526
大阪藤田美術館珍藏，入藏於1940年前。
The Buddha is depicted seated at the center with his right hand raised in
abhaya mudra and his left in varada mudra. He is dressed in heavy robes that 展覽
fall in voluminous folds below the ankles, and his head is framed by a lotus
nimbus. The Buddha is fanked by two bodhisattvas with their hands held in 京都市美術館，《大東洋美術展》，1977年，編號22。
anjali mudra, standing on lotus blossoms behind seated lions. The group is
backed by an aureole intricately carved with foliage and fame motifs, and 文獻
is raised on a four-legged base carved with a barbed edge on the front. An
inscription on the front of the base provides the name of the monk, Xianxing, 《藤田美術館名品圖錄》，藤田美術館，東京，1972年，編號208。
who commissioned the work and a date corresponding to AD 526. 《大東洋美術展》，京都市美術館，1977年，編號22。
金申，《中國歷代紀年佛像圖典》，北京，1994年，編號125。
23√ in. (60.6 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box 金申，《海 外及 港 臺 藏 歷 代佛 像- 珍品 紀 年 圖 鑒》，太 原，2 0 07年，4 9頁。

$600,000-800,000 黃花石製，背屏高浮雕三尊像。主尊高肉髻，著「褒衣博帶」式漢服，右手施無畏
印、左手施予願印。二脅侍頭戴高冠，雙手合十，身後有舟形大背光，雕火焰紋
PROVENANCE 及忍冬紋。台座上雕兩護法獅，前側刻發願文：

Fujita Museum, Osaka, acquired prior to 1940. 「大魏孝昌二年歲次乙巳九月癸卯朔廿三日乙丑，比丘法興敬造釋迦玉像二區，
仰為國主師徒父母己身眷屬一切衆生，緣此造像功德，等成正覺，所願如是」。
EXHIBITED
北魏孝昌二年（西暦 526 年） 黃花石造釈迦三尊像
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, East Currents of Wisdom: Great Oriental Art
Exhibition, 1977, no. 22.

L I T E R AT U R E

Masterpieces in The Fujita Museum of Art, Fujita Museum, Tokyo, 1972,
no. 208.
Yomiuri Shimbun, East Currents of Wisdom: Great Oriental Art Exhibition,
Kyoto, 1977, no. 22.
Jin Sheng, Zhongguo lidai jinian foxiang tudian (Catalogue of Dated Chinese
Buddhist Sculptures), Beijing, 1994, no. 125.
Jin Sheng, Catalogue of Treasures of Dated Buddhist Sculpture in Overseas
Collections Including Hong Kong and Taiwan, Shanxi, 2007, p. 49.

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