明 銅鑄瘦骨羅漢坐像

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英文品名：A MING BRONZE SEATED EMACIATED ARHAT 尺寸：H:45cm 銅鑄。瘦骨羅漢結跏趺半坐，袒胸露腹，肋骨歷歷，頭光圓禿，眉目低垂，作入定狀。左肩斜搭袈裟，衣紋垂墜自然。一腿屈起，一手搭膝，姿態安閒。銅色深褐，局部衣緣殘紅漆，皮殼古厚，為明代銅羅漢像。瘦骨羅漢即苦行高僧，出自佛本生故事中釋迦牟尼雪山苦行之形象：日食一麥，身形消瘦，示現極端苦行。中國禪宗則以達磨面壁、窮形盡相為祖師。明代銅羅漢多作清奇瘦削，不同於豐滿佛菩薩像，用以表現高僧離塵苦節。此像骨骼稜線、神態恬寂，明代風格明顯。 A bronze seated emaciated arhat. He sits loosely cross-legged, bare-chested with ribs visible, head shaven, eyes downcast in meditation. A monastic robe drapes from one shoulder with natural folds; one knee is raised and a hand rests on it. The bronze is deep brown, with traces of red lacquer on the robe edges and an archaic patina. A Ming bronze arhat. The emaciated arhat descends from the Buddha's ascetic practise in the mountains, shown gaunt after extreme austerities. In Chan Buddhism, Bodhidharma's wall-gazing likewise favoured lean, uncanny patriarch images. Ming bronze arhats are thus ascetic and spare, unlike full-bodied buddhas and bodhisattvas, expressing the monk's renunciation. The skeletal realism and serene expression are characteristic of the Ming.

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