A Golden Pagoda
宮廷純金佛塔
Ht.30cm Wd.15.3cm Wt.1967.8g
Tibetan Buddhism believes that the various parts of the pagoda represent the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and wind, the sun and the moon represent the sky, the umbrella part represents the wind, the phase wheel part represents the fire, the covered bowl part represents the water, and the pedestal part represents the land.
And the earth depends on the gold, the gold depends on the water, the water depends on the wind, the wind depends on the air, and the emptiness has nothing to depend on. which is the so-called 'All is nihility'.The top of the canopy of the pagoda is marked by the sun and the moon, and under it is a thirteen-story pagoda, which symbolizes ‘perfect merit and reincarnation’. The base of the tower is built with Sakyamuni's Taoist body, covered in colored glaze, with flame-like backlighting, and engraved with lotus patterns on the top. Under the base of the tower is an angled pedestal, in which is engraved with auspicious beasts, and the bottom of the tower is engraved with a cross vajra. The whole pagoda is densely gilded and brilliant, golden light is pleasing to the eye, exquisite craftsmanship, with extremely high artistic quality, and represents the highest level of craftsmanship of the period.
藏傳佛教認為佛塔的各部分分別代表地、水、火、空、風五大要素，即日月部代表空，傘蓋部代表風，相輪部代表火，覆鉢部分代表水，台座部分代表地。而土依金，金依水，水依風，風依空，而空無所依，也就是所謂『四大皆空』。 該佛塔傘蓋頂部為日月標識，其下為十三層塔身，寓意功德圓滿，輪回往復。塔身下塔基內置釋迦摩尼得道尊身，外罩以琉璃，火焰式背光，上鏨刻蓮花紋飾。塔基下為折角台座，其間鏨刻瑞獸紋飾，塔座底部鏨刻十字金剛杵款識。整件佛塔，鎏金密實燦爛，金光悅目，工藝精湛，具有極高的藝術性，代表了該時期工藝的最高水準。