善业泥,即小型模压而成的泥制浮雕佛像,多见于唐代所造。善业泥之名也即因唐代有的佛砖背后有“大唐善业泥,压得真如妙色身”诸字而得名,故凡是这种小泥模制佛像也都可统称为善业泥像。这种小型模印佛像,早在北魏即已出现了,笔者就亲见过北魏和西魏的数方,一般为六十四开本书大小,普通较唐代为大,其中一尊西魏佛砖,仅安排释迦佛坐像一尊,佛为高肉髻,面相清丽,着褒衣博带式大衣,衣脚纹褶密簇,是典型的西魏时期作品。又此砖制成佛龛形,有尖拱形龛,与北 Kindness mud, which is a small molded mud made of relief Buddha statues, more common in the Tang Dynasty made. The name of good cause of mud that is due to the Tang Dynasty Buddha brick behind “Datang good industry mud, pressed really wonderful body” and hence the name, so all these small mud molded Buddha can also be collectively referred to as Good job mud like. This small mold-printed Buddha, as early as the Northern Wei that has appeared, I have seen the Northern Wei and Western Wei, the number of parties, generally 64 open the book size, generally larger than the Tang Dynasty, one of the Western Wei Buddha brick, Sakyamuni sitting only a statue, the Buddha is high meat bun, face Qingliang, Zhuo clothing Bo band coats, clothing foot pleated dense clusters, is a typical Western Wei Dynasty works. This brick is also made of Buddha niche shape, a sharp arched niche, and North