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A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO FIGURE OF A 十七世紀 竹根雕笑獅羅漢坐像
LUOHAN
17TH CENTURY 笑獅羅漢，十八羅漢中第八位，稱伐闍羅弗多羅尊
者。尊者原為獵人，因學佛不再殺生，兩幼獅到來，
depicted seated with a recumbent lion supported on his 謝感激他放下屠刀，成道後，幼獅常伴身邊，故得
arms and raised right knee, his head slightly turned to the 名。
left, with downcast eyes, pronounced curved brows and
mouth agape, clothed in long robes falling into voluminous 據説，他往生以來從不殺生，廣積善緣，一生無病
folds and hemmed by floral borders, the bamboo patinated
to a warm chestnut-brown tone 痛，更有五種不死的福力，故又稱他為「金剛子」。
8.7 cm, 3⅜ in. 他雖有如此神通，但勤修如故，常常靜坐終日。他通
曉經書，能暢說妙法，但終日不語，難得説法。他認
HK$ 250,000-350,000 為在寂靜中可得法樂，並希望修行者也能達此境界。
US$ 31,900-44,700

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