Statuette of Monk
Ivory
Statuette of Monk
CHINA; Qing dynasty
The statuette is 27 cm high and is carved from a single piece of ivory. The monk is depicted with a round face, a high forehead, laughing eyes, and a broad smile. He wears a crossed collar robe with long sleeves and a delicate pattern along the edges, and is seated at a desk with a sutra on it. He holds a frame drum with his left hand and a beater in his right hand. Underneath the desk, there are a number of animals carved in delightful postures among gnarled tree branches. This finely crafted statuette is an elegant and dynamic work of art, which brings out the monk’s vivacious character.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 314.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Statuette of Monk." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 314.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Statuette of Monk" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:314.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Statuette of Monk. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 314).
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