Statuette of Manjusri Bodhisattva
Rhinoceros horn
角雕文殊菩薩像
中國
明代（1368～1644）晚期犀牛角圓雕作品。文殊菩薩綰高髻，上戴花鬘寶冠。瓜子臉形，尖頦，眉眼細長，雙目微啟，俯視下方，鼻直櫻唇，面貌清秀。耳佩纓飾，分垂兩肩，帔帛於胸前打一花結。身著闊袖天衣，左手持一串數珠，右肱橫抱一曲柄如意，趺坐於台座上。台座刻飾盛開的桃花和枝葉。
像自胸部以上呈天然深棕色，下部經染色加工後，整體色系協調，加上雕工細膩，線條流暢，突顯出秀麗靜謐的宗教美感。明代中葉起，犀牛角製品蔚為時尚，傳世作品數量可觀，雕刻技法圓熟，此作呈現出超高的工藝水平。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 313.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Statuette of Manjusri Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 313.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Statuette of Manjusri Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:313.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Statuette of Manjusri Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 313).
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