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Eighteen Arhats - Nine Arhats and Two Attendants

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Eighteen Arhats - Nine Arhats and Two Attendants

十八羅漢圖

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共計兩幅,各繪九尊羅漢和二侍者,形成一組十八羅漢對幅。無作者款印。畫中十八尊羅漢均有圓形頭光,造型變化多端,或老或少,或溫文或勇猛,形貌各異;有狀若漢族僧人,修眉細目,膚色白皙;有胡貌梵相,深目高鼻,膚色深褐。羅漢或合掌,或托塔,或拄杖,或分持經卷、錫杖、念珠、蓮花和香爐等。
 畫家傳神地表現《大阿羅漢難提蜜多羅所說法住記》中稱羅漢「現種種形,蔽隱聖儀,同常凡眾……護持正法饒益有情。」其中披風帽羅漢,神情專注,似已進入甚深禪定;持貝葉經羅漢,眉開眼笑,滿臉歡愉,似已心領神會經中意趣;持念珠羅漢口微張,似已深得念佛法樂。其中一幅上方的降龍羅漢,蹙眉,形象威猛,瞪目仰望空中的騰龍;另一幅下方伏虎羅漢坐於虎背上,眼觀前方,神閒氣定。氣勢一上一下,形象一溫文一勇猛,饒富趣味。
 群像布置錯落,用筆變化多端,如鐵線描、曹衣出水描等,運用自如,時而起伏頓挫,強勁有力,時而均勻縈迴,流利暢達,沉著中見活潑。人物的五官和髭鬚都以細筆勾畫,服飾圖案描繪精細,一絲不苟,身軀結構亦掌握準確。
 作品繪製精謹,設色清雅,是元代(1271~1368)羅漢畫的代表作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 214.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Eighteen Arhats." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 214.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Eighteen Arhats" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:214.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Eighteen Arhats. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 214).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H},
pages = 214,
title = {{Eighteen Arhats}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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