這尊偉大的北齊白石阿彌陀佛是克里夫蘭博物館1916年首次開館展覽的重要藝術品之一，原先被擺放在一個花園裡供奉著，是Worcester R. Warner的收藏。1915年進入克里夫蘭博物館。
無量壽佛阿彌陀佛坐於雙層蓮花座上禪修。此座並非與佛像一同製作，但其組合忠於原來的藝術構思。這尊佛像是北齊佛教雕塑主要類型中極為罕見的一例。莊嚴磅礴的正面突出了佛像的紀念感及精神本質。
今天，雕像與基座合而為一，展現出初唐雕塑豐富、華麗的風格。這是房梁公房太尉房玄齡（578-648 年）為他的次子和媳婦，也就是唐朝高陽公主祈福而製作的。從圖案和銘文來看，這尊佛像原本是與歷史上的釋迦牟尼像一起供奉的，而不是阿彌陀佛。
Seated Amitayus Buddha c. 570s
marble
Overall: 110 x 66.1 cm (43 5/16 x 26 in.)
Worcester R. Warner Collection 1915.334.1
The stringlike folds of the Buddha's draperies emphasize his monumental, rigidly erect torso and tubular limbs.
Description
Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life, is seated in meditation on a double lotus pedestal. The pedestal was not made with the statue but the combination is faithful to the original artistic conception. The statue is an extremely rare example of a major type of Northern Qi Buddhist sculpture. The heavy, massive front highlights the sense of monumentality and the spiritual essence of the Buddha.
Today the sculpture is united with a pedestal that exhibits the rich, ornate style of early Tang sculpture. It was commissioned by the Duke of Liang, Fang Xuanling (578–648), for the blessing of his second son and daughter-in-law, the Tang imperial princess of Gaoyang. The iconography and inscription suggest that it originally went with a statue, now missing, of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha, instead of Amitayus.
Provenance
?–1915 Worcester R. Warner [1846–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1915– The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Sizer, Theodore. “A Note on Two Pieces of Chinese Sculpture in the Worcester R. Warner Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 12, no. 2 (February 1925): 23–26. Mentioned: p. 25; Reproduced: Cover
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: 50
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 63
“Annual Report of the Year 1958.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 6 (June 1959): 111–158. Reproduced: p. 114
Ho, Wai-Kam. “Three Seated Stone Buddhas.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53, no. 4 (April 1966): 83–102. Mentioned: pp. 85–85a; Reproduced: p. 83
Exhibition History
Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
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