《双头佛》彩绘泥塑,黑水城出土,藏于俄罗斯艾尔米塔什博物馆。关于双头佛的记载出于唐玄奘《大唐西域记》,玄奘在西域取经途中听到了一个美丽动人的故事:有两个佛教徒各自要塑造一座佛像供养,可是没有那么多钱,于是雕塑者见他们如此虔诚,即塑了一个双头佛像,使每个人的心愿得到满足。这尊双头佛的形象是根据此传说而塑的。说明艺术的题材取自于民。双头佛面相方颐饱满、金身、发螺髻蓝色,这是按照佛教仪轨而塑的,而双头单身的形象,这在佛像造型中是唯一的,显得既庄严又夸张,是西夏泥塑精品之一。 “Double Buddha” painted clay sculpture, Blackwater City unearthed in the Hermitage Museum in Russia. About the double head Buddha’s record For Tang Xuanzang “Datang Western Records”, Xuan Zang heard a beautiful moving story on the way of taking lessons in the Western Regions: There are two Buddhists who want to shape a Buddha statue to support, but not so much money, so the sculpture Seeing that they are so devout, they have molded a double-headed Buddha statue so that everyone’s wishes will be fulfilled. The image of this double-headed Buddha is shaped according to this legend. Illustrate the theme of art from the people. Both sides of the Buddha face full, gold body, hair stud blue, which is in accordance with the Buddhist ritual and plastic, and double-headed single image, which is unique in the statues of Buddha, it is both solemn and exaggerated, is Xixia clay one of the best.