故宫博物院藏金质盖座嘎巴拉碗

The Kapala Bowl with Gold Cover and Pedestal of The Palace Museum

本文结合乾隆朝造办处档案,对嘎巴拉碗的来源、改制等问题进行了探究。嘎巴拉碗的供奉属于舍利崇拜的一种。乾隆皇帝对这些金质盖座嘎巴拉碗的供奉,不仅反映了他在佛学理论方面接受了"性空"学说,而且也反映出他借助宗教思想积极推进"因俗而治"、"恩威并施"的政策。

In the thesis is a discussion about the Kapala bowl in its origin, artistic aesthetics and value, design, decoration, processing and so on based on the seven gold-decorated bowls in the collection of the Palace Museum and the documents of the imperial workshop under Emperor Qianlong’s(乾隆) administration. Kapala works as a kind of Sarira worship in Buddhism. That Emperor Qianlong(乾隆) worshipped Kapala bowl reflected his belief in the ’Nature Void’ idea that all phenomena have no essence of their own and are empty of a permanent self. On the other hand, he tried to enhance the policies to consolidate and unify the multi-ethnic groups by virtue of religions.