清乾隆时期（公元１７３６-１７９５年） QIAN LONG REIGN OF THE QING DYNASTY （１７３６-１７９５）

　　通高３５４，佛高１７８厘米 TOTAL HEIGHT ３５４CM HEIGHT OF THE BUDDHA １７８CM

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　　强巴佛即弥勒佛，因为将来继释迦牟尼而成佛，故现在示现的是菩萨形。头戴的五叶冠上镶嵌绿松石和珠宝，身披天衣，胸前饰华丽的璎珞。双手呈转法轮印，两只手中各向两旁引出一枝莲枝，莲枝上分别置宝瓶和法轮。善跏跌坐于束腰须弥座上，脚踩莲台，座上有双狮等图案。造像有装饰繁缛的桃形头光和舟形身光，身光顶端浮雕金翅鸟。整个造像气度雍容华贵，雕饰精美的绝伦，充分表现了弥勒佛所具有的慈悲，大度、三十二相、八十种好等特征，体现了藏民族对佛教文化的深刻理解和造像艺术的高超技艺及独特的风格，是１８世纪中叶拉萨“雪堆白”作坊制作的佛教造像中的杰出代表。

　　THE BUDDHA BYAMS PA IS JUST THE BUDDHA MAITREYA，HE IS AN HEIR TO THE BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI TO BECOME THE BUDDHA 。SO HE IS NOW INCARNATED INTO BODHISATTVA ，A FIVE-LEAF CROWN ON HIS HEAD INLAID WITH TURQUOISE AND JEWELLERY ，THE BUDDHA IS IN HEAVENLY ROBES WITH A ROSARY ADORNING THE CHEST ，TWO HANDS ARE IN THE GESTURE OF TURNING THE WHEEL OF DHARMA AND TWO HANDS ARE SEPARATELY HOLDING A BRANCH OF LOTUS FLOWERS STRETCHING TO BOTH SIDES ON WHICH ARE PLACED A BOTTLE AND THE WHEEL OF DHARMA，THE BUDDHA IS SEATED CROSS-LEGGED ON THE THRONE DECORATED WITH LIONS AND TWO FEET REST ON THE LOTUS FLOWERS。THE BUDDHA HAS A HEAD NIMBUS AND OVER THIS IN THE CENTRE，IS A GARUDA CARVED IN LOW RELIEF ，HE ALSO HAS A HALO OF RAGING FLAMES DENSELY DECORATED WITH DESIGNS THE ELEGANFT AND GRACEFUL STATUE ，EXQUISITELY MADE ，FULLY EXPRESSES THE CHARACTER OFBUDDHAS MERCY GREAT PASSION THIRTY-TWO INCARNATIONS AND EIGHTY PASSION ，THIRTY-TWO INCARNATIONS AND EIGHTY GOOD SIGNS ，THIS IS AN INDICATION OF THE TIBETANS DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF BUDDHIST CULTURE AND THE ADVANCED TECHNIQUE AND UNIQUE STYLE IN STATUE CASTING ，THIS IS A MASTERPIECE AMONG BUDDHIST MADE IN ZHOL-VDOD -DPAL HANDCRAFT WORKSHOP IN LHASA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE １８TH CENTURY