明 銅財神立像

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英文品名：A BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF THE GOD OF WEALTH, MING DYNASTY 尺寸：H:15cm 此像為銅鑄，文官站立，頭戴官帽，長髯垂胸，身着闊袖長袍，雙手於胸前捧一盤，盤上臥瑞獸（蟾蜍或貔貅）。面目慈和帶笑，神態端嚴。衣紋流暢，足踏方座。銅皮紅褐，包漿古厚。為明代銅財神立像。財神，民間奉之最虔之神，有文財神、武財神之分。文財神比干、范蠡，武財神趙公明、關公。此像捧盤臥獸，盤上瑞獸即招財進寶之貔貅或金蟾——劉海戲金蟾，三足蟾吐錢，為招財之瑞。財神像多作文官裝，笑面慈和，置於店鋪、家中財神龕，祈求財源廣進。 This bronze civil official stands wearing cap and long beard, in wide-sleeved robes, both hands before the chest holding a tray on which crouches a mythical beast (toad or pixiu). The face smiles benevolently. The robes fall naturally and the figure stands on a square base. The bronze is red-brown with an ancient patina. It is a Ming standing God of Wealth. The God of Wealth was among the most venerated folk deities, in civil and martial forms: civil gods Bigan and Fan Li, martial gods Zhao Gongming and Guan Gong. Here the tray carries a pixiu or three-legged gold toad—the Liu Hai and toad motif, a money-spraying auspicious beast. Wealth gods usually wear civil-official dress, smiling, placed in shop or home shrines to invite prosperity.

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