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尺寸：高76.8cm，宽，45.7cm，深4.3cm
年代：明代 洪武十八年(1385年)
质地：木雕(柳木胎)
风格：中原
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
明代彩绘木雕艺术的一件精品，整尊菩萨像，形体健硕，头戴宝冠，双耳垂肩，面相方正圆润，双目上扬，神态庄严。整躯造像气宇轩昂，威武雄壮，与我们常见的慈悲安详，婀娜柔美的水月观音菩萨形象大不相同。难能可贵的是木雕佛像背装藏洞木盖竖刻题记：“东安村众村人等与维那……谨发虔心……吉祥合家乐安。洪武十八年七月。”为我们提供了彩绘木雕水月观音菩萨像具体的雕刻年代和用途。

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin)

This powerful figure belongs to a small group of wooden sculptures that can be securely dated, owing to an inscription that also provides rare information regarding its production and intended use. The inscription appears on the interior surface of a removable panel in the figure’s back that gives access to a chamber that once contained consecratory material. It states that the sculpture was carved in 1385 under the direction of a certain Xin Zhongwen, who, together with members of Dongan village, commissioned the piece. It also names two artists—Feng Xiaozhong, “Woodcarver-in-Attendance,” and his son—and explains that the sculpture was created for a temple and to serve as a guardian of a road.