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The Art of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
As with Buddhism itself, Buddhist sculpture originated in India and was introduced to China along different transmission routes over vast distances and time. As a result, there developed varying styles of Buddhist sculpture based on the three general forms of Buddhist practice in Asia: Han or Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism.
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如何辨別佛像真偽?
所謂偽作的確切定義是甚麼呢?比如說,民國初期的一位佛教徒到佛像作坊,請工匠雕刻一尊觀音,工匠根據圖樣完工,輕車熟路。這尊觀音不管甚麼時候看,也是那個時代的作品,文物鑑定只能說是近百年所作,是真品,不能說是偽作。
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藏傳佛像的特色
藏傳佛教是指公元七世紀在西藏地區形成、以藏語為載體的佛教。由於地理和宗教方面的原因,西藏佛教藝術與毗鄰的印度、尼泊爾、巴基斯坦、喀什米爾等地的佛像,以及內地漢傳佛像有着千絲萬縷的聯繫,尤其是單尊的金銅佛像,易於流動,分佈廣泛。