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尺寸：Height: 15.3cm
年代：明代 17世纪(1630年)
质地：犀牛角雕(carved rhinoceros horn)
风格：中原
来源：伦敦V&A博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Figure of Guanyin, carved rhinoceros horn, China, Ming dynasty, ca.1630

这尊优雅的造像由犀角精雕细刻而成，代表着“慈悲”的菩萨观音，亦称观自在。根据佛教教义，菩萨是走在觉悟之道上的神灵。到了这一时代（明末），观音呈现出身着飘逸长袍的优雅女性形象。在此，她正从净瓶中倾洒救度的甘露。在她赤裸的双足边，海中的生灵聚集于泡沫飞溅的浪花之中。

This graceful figure has been finely carved from rhinoceros horn and represents the 'compassionate' Bodhisattva Guanyin, also known as Avalokiteshvara. According to Buddhist teachings, a bodhisattva is a deity on the path to reaching Enlightenment. By this period (late Ming) Guanyin took on the aspect of an elegant lady in flowing robes. Here she is pouring from a bottle the sweet waters of salvation. Sea creatures swarm in the waves foaming over her bare feet.

From Register:
Opinion of Jan Chapman 12/09/90: made of East Asian horn. Style suggests a date just post-Wanli, i.e. circa 1630. Cf. a very similar figure in the Fogg Museum.

著录：
Clunas, Craig. Chinese Carving. London: Sun Tree Publishing Ltd in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1996. p. 42, fig. 42.