Flowers Falling upon a Reading Arhat
Ink and color on silk
宣梵雨花圖
中國
無繪者的題款。畫一僧人端坐於岩石上，雙手捧梵文經卷。僧人皮膚黝黑，長髮長鬚，高鼻深目，耳穿環，胡貌梵相。表情虔敬肅穆，眼神專注，雙唇微啟，似在誦讀。為突出五官輪廓的起伏變化，鼻眼處以墨層層暈染。
畫中對衣飾的描繪，多用明快的顏色。僧人頭披黃色頭巾，覆及雙肩；身著淡綠色僧袍，外披褐色田相袈裟，藍色襯裡翻出；坐墊有黑、藍、紅三色鑲邊。衣飾精緻華美，衣紋線條圓轉，勁健有力。天空飄落花雨，岩石後有白毛獼猴仰頭伸手承花。
畫中對不同質感的袈裟圖案、五彩繽紛的落英及獼猴，均描繪細膩。衣飾與花雨色彩鮮豔，和背景中純以水墨畫成的山水煙雲對比鮮明。圖中賦彩雖多，卻高雅典麗，為元代（1271～1368）佛像畫中的佳作。
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Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Flowers Falling upon a Reading Arhat." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 250.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Flowers Falling upon a Reading Arhat" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:250.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Flowers Falling upon a Reading Arhat. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 250).
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