十七世紀 犀角雕布袋佛坐像

well carved as a seated Budai, the laughing Buddha wearing loose robes draped over his corpulent body, his chest and large stomach bare, his right hand resting on his upturned leg, the other hidden beneath the long sleeves, his head bald with a round and broad smiling face, the horn of rich caramel brown colour with golden undertones, inset with a black lacquered wooden base

紐約蘇富比1994年11月28日，編號125

The figure is overall in good condition. There is a 3.5 cm. vertical age crack secured to the reverse with some losses to the black lacquer, and another crack in front extending from under the base across the deity's right foot.
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布袋和尚，乃歡喜佛，多作愉悅神情，面帶燦笑，身著寬袍，顯其圓腹。其所有皆藏隨身布袋，惟於天氣變化時換穿不同鞋履。佛教中，布袋和尚用以提醒世人，佛之萬相常在，並護持佛法，其亦與護佑幼童相關，因此常與遊戲童子同作。

可參見一件犀角雕布袋坐像，出自瑪麗及莊智博收藏，刊錄於 Jan Chapman，《中國的犀牛角雕刻藝術》，倫敦，1999年，圖版99，以及霍滿棠，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，圖版66，售於香港蘇富比2005年10月23日，編號34。另一件布袋和尚作例，帶有萬曆年間銘文，曾為 Ruth Dreyfus 與賽克勒收藏，刊錄於 Jan Chapman，出處同上，圖版325，售於紐約佳士得1994年12月1日，編號28。還有一例，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧竹木牙角雕刻》，上海，2001年，圖版138，同錄一件犀角雕觀音像，圖版137。可相比較的還有一件布袋作例，上海博物館藏，著錄於《The Shanghai Museum of Art》，紐約，1981年，圖版207。另一件作例2006年3月30日售於紐約蘇富比，編號 133，後售於香港佳士得2008年5月27日，編號1727。