清 銅觀音坐象擺件

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英文品名：A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA SEATED ON AN ELEPHANT 尺寸：W:39cm;H:33cm 銅鑄。擺件作菩薩坐象式：大象軀體豐碩，四足立地，長鼻內卷，大耳下垂，軀體飾轡頭鞍墊。菩薩結跏趺坐於象背鞍上，頭戴寶冠，衣紋垂暢，手中持物。銅色棕紅瑩潤，皮殼古樸，鑄造圓渾。整器為佛堂供奉之瑞像，清代銅雕。此像安置於佛堂或書齋龕中，為供奉禮拜之用。銅像背設佛龕，像前陳香爐、燭臺、供花，每逢朔望焚香頂禮。清代士大夫家內堂多供菩薩一尊，以祈闔家平安；象馱菩薩之組像，又取「吉祥」「普潤」之意，兼作廳堂清供。 A bronze group of a bodhisattva seated on an elephant. The elephant is stout, standing square, trunk curled inward and ears pendent, fitted with bridle and saddle cloth. The bodhisattva sits in vajrasana on the elephant's back, wearing a crown and with flowing drapery, holding an attribute. The brownish-red patina is mellow and the casting rounded. A devotional Buddhist group of the Qing period. Such bronze groups were enshrined on a domestic Buddhist altar in the inner hall or studio of a Qing household, placed within a niche and flanked by an incense burner, candlesticks and offering flowers. They received worship on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month. Households of standing commonly kept one devotional figure at home to pray for family peace; the elephant-mounted group also carried the auspicious meaning of benevolent presence.

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