Altar
Wood and gilt copper
木供桌
中國
木質供桌，通體包飾鎏金銅箔，呈金黃色，高50.5公分，長71公分。
桌面長方形，無飾紋；桌緣立面作纏枝花卉紋。束腰處刻有二方連續紋樣。桌裙呈倒「山」形，遍布波濤紋；正面中央刻麒麟頭像，頂上有角，鬚髮以綠色包塗，耳窩鮮紅，巨目獠牙，雙手戴蓮瓣形腕釧、握鬚。麒麟性情溫和，故稱為仁獸，為吉祥的象徵。以麒麟作為裝飾圖像，符合供桌的功能寓意。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 2.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Altar." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 2.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Altar" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:2.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Altar. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 2).
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