佛像网

尺寸：172.7 x 93 x 85cm
年代：金代 元代
质地：木雕彩绘
风格：中原
来源：牛津大学阿什莫林博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
This image is of Guanyin, or Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva who assists souls to achieve enlightenment. The bodhisattva was constructed in thirteen parts. It was fitted together using mortise and tenon joints, a technique also used in making furniture and buildings. In China, the construction and display of large sculpture both relate closely to architecture. This figure would have occupied a central position towards the rear of a temple hall.

这尊造像为观音菩萨（梵名 Avalokiteshvara），即接引众生证悟正觉的菩萨。此像由十三个构件组合而成，采用榫卯结构拼接——这种工艺亦常见于家具与建筑制作。在中国，大型雕塑的构造与陈设均与建筑密切相关。此像原应供奉于佛殿后部中央位置。

fig-tree wood, with carved decoration, and traces of pigment on a pink gesso ground; mortise and tenon joints

榕木，施雕刻纹饰, 粉色底妆，上存彩绘痕迹, 榫卯拼接

来源:
Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1982.