西藏拉萨大昭寺藏鎏金银壶再探讨

Reinvestigation of the Tibetan Silver Pot Stored in Jokhang Temple in Lhasa,Tibet

西藏拉萨大昭寺藏鎏金银壶是一件与古代中外文化交流有关的重要文物。这件银壶被发现以来数有研究,学者们分别从造型、纹饰、工艺、来源等角度进行了讨论。本文将结合相关材料,通过对银壶的形制、纹饰及图像内容进一步研究,指出其应为吐蕃王朝后期西藏本土或邻近地区制造,并融合了多个文化系统的因素。多元文化因素的交织,是不同文明之间的碰撞与交融的结果。大昭寺藏银壶正从物质文化层面反映出了这种交融的复杂性。

The gilded silver pot stored in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa,Tibet,is important evidence for the cultural exchange between China and the outside world in ancient times.Based on the analysis of similar gold and silver objects,manufacturing techniques,and iconography,the author argues that the gilded silver pot should be locally made in the late Tubo Empire or its neighbor area under the influence of diverse cultural elements of different origins.Furthermore,this paper argues that it is necessary to take various contexts into consideration in the interpretation of iconographical patterns of the object,given the fact that diverse cultural elements were involved in the manufacturing process.This artifact also reflects upon the intertwining of various cultural elements alongside the collision and blending between different civilizations.The gilded silver pot actually reveals the complexity of cultural exchange between the East and West Asia.