释迦牟尼佛石像

　　STONE STATUE OF SAKYAMUNI

　　约公元七世纪 7TH CENTURY

　　高32厘米HEIGHT 32CM

　　收藏单位：布达拉宫管理处POTALA PALACE COLLECTION

　　释迦牟尼立于方形台座上，左手施无畏印，右手施愿印。身披通肩式袈裟，薄纱透体，透过袈裟，丰美健壮的男性人体依稀可见，属于典型的印度笈多风格的造像。垂低的眼帘带着沉思冥想的神情，嘴角浮现出一丝自然，温雅而恬美的微笑，造像深沉雅健、气度雍容。两侧的菩萨丰乳细腰，身体呈现“三屈式”，比例较小，与释迦牟尼像形成视觉效果上的对比，也是笈多造像的常用手法。

　　SAKYAMUNI STANDS ON THE SQUARE BASE ，WITH HIS LEFT HAND IN A GESTURE SYMBOLISING MEDITATION ON EMPTINESS AND RIGHT HAND IN THE BOON-GRANTING GESTURE 。WEARING KASAYA ，THE STRONG MASCULINE BOBY CAN JUST BE SEEN THROUGH THE THIN SILK ，THIS STATUE IS TYPICAL OF THE INDIAN GUPTA STYLE 。HIS FACE WAS A PEACEFUL MEDITATIVE EXPRESSION WITH DELICATELY LIDDED DOWNCAST EYES AND THERE IS A HINT OF A NATURAL 。ELEGANT AND SWEET SMILE 。THIS STATUE IS SOLEMN 。ELEGANT AND GRACEFUL AND FLANKED BY TWO SLIM。THIS STATUE IS SOLEMN ELEGANT AND GRACEFUL AND FLANKED BY TWO SLIM BODHISATTVAS IN A TRIPLE-FLEXED PLSE ，WHICH PRODUCES A VISUAL CONTRAST TO THE IMAGE OF SAKYAMUNI ，IT IS A VERY POPULAR IMAGE STATUES MADE IN THE GUPTA STYLE 。