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Seed and Sumeru Vihara (side colophon)

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Seed and Sumeru Vihara (side colophon)

芥彌精舍 趙石

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「芥彌精舍」是趙石居士的自宅,其以佛經說「須彌山」之句而命名,在《維摩詰經》內容中有「芥子納須彌」文,「芥子」、「須彌」是佛教常見的名詞。
 這是一方6.5公分的巨印,邊款豐富,有鑿刻芥彌精舍圖,佛陀造像一尊等。邊款釋文「芥彌精舍圖。成伯屬。古泥刻。余性喜刻章,雖屋小于舟,而藏石纍纍似山積。正如《維摩經》所云:一芥子中能容須彌之大也,因摘芥彌二字□吾舍。丙午三月。成伯。□□彌之高,廣內諸芥子中,而无所增□。」
 此印以「田」字形的格局刻成,這樣的形式,可使印章顯得絢麗多彩。這件四字的朱文界格印,風格樸茂厚重,「彌」字雖剝裂一半,斑駁中仍見精神。所用印文似乎突破古人窠臼,每字基本呈方形,弧線的彎轉對稱,直線與邊欄相對平行。
 其印面布局,合乎印章平正的要求,看似樸實無奇,實際上變化微妙,例如斑駁的字體,雖斷斷續續,但點畫間氣韻相連,殘破的邊欄與界格,依稀呈現協調之意趣。
 這方印的用刀法,是以衝切並用的刀法,交替運用,因此氣勢開張,雄健有力,且引人入勝。
 趙石字石農,號古泥,晚號泥道人。江蘇常熟人。虞山印派重要傳人、吳昌碩高徒之一。詩書、篆刻俱佳,善於方整小篆中融入大篆筆意,風格獨特。
 邊款釋文:芥彌精舍圖/成伯屬/古泥刻
 邊款釋文:余性喜刻/章雖屋小於/舟而藏石纍纍/似山積正如維摩/經所云一芥子中/能容須彌之大也/因摘芥彌二字/□吾舍丙午三月/成伯
 邊款釋文:□□彌之/高廣內諸/芥子中而/無所增□

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 326.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Seed and Sumeru Vihara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 326.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Seed and Sumeru Vihara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:326.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Seed and Sumeru Vihara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 326).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy },
pages = 326,
title = {{Seed and Sumeru Vihara}},
volume = 17,
year = {2016}}


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