东魏武定年间白石半跏思惟像研究

On the White Marble Statue of Meditating Statue Seated in Half-lotus Position Carved in Wuding Era of Eastern Wei

东魏北齐时期,半跏思惟菩萨像（以下简称为“半跏思惟像”）在定州地区很盛行,如曲阳修德寺遗址出土白石造像中,半跏思惟像占了纪年造像总量的近五分之一。而在同时期的山东地区,半跏思惟像发现较少,且出现时间较晚,现存有纪年的造像大部分属于北齐时期。

In 2012, large amounts of white marble freestanding statues of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties were unearthed from the Buddhist sculpture hoard at Bei Wuzhuang in Ye City Site. This paper makes a comparative study on one meditating statue seated in half-lotus position among them and another sculpture of the same type and made in the same period unearthed at the Xiude Monastery site in Dingzhou; from the double-tree design, stupa design and coiling dragon design shown by them, this paper explores the commonalities and differences of the Buddhist arts in these two areas. Moreover, this paper reveals that this motif emerged earlier in the Ye City area than in the Dingzhou area, and diffused to the Dingzhou area after it became popular in the Ye City area. Based on the conclusions mentioned above, this paper infers that the white marble meditating statue seated in half-lotus position with the date of the second year of Wuding Era （544 AD） in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA was produced in the Ye City.