清十七／十八世紀 竹根雕和合二仙之一

the youth, probably intended to represent one of the hehe er xian, vividly carved standing with his head turned to the right, dressed in a loose robe fastened at the waist with a ribbon, his amused face smiling with a gentle expression, wearing earrings and two bracelets, his tonsured scalp surrounded by finely detailed hairs, clutching in his hands a branch of leafy lotus extending on his left shoulder, the bamboo root richly patinated to a golden-brown colour with an amber glow, on a dark wood base carved as a rocky outcrop

Ann Cohen 收藏（1975年以前）

The overall condition is very good with light surface wear consistent with age.
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竹雕人像較為少見，本品所飾荷花碩大，葉狀披風層疊，工藝精準入微，人物表情愉悅，當屬明末清初時期竹雕上乘之作。所雕人物極近和合二仙之一。此二仙，即指拾得與寒山兩位名僧。寒山，唐太宗貞觀時期僧侶詩人，隱居浙江天台山。拾得，國清寺和尚，掌管食堂香燈。寒山與拾得為至交，兩人喜吟詩作偈，雲遊濟貧，廣施平和與喜樂。二仙形像，常帶歡笑。兩聖和合，寓意友誼永存，情意綿長。

竹雕和合二仙像，可參見一組晚明時期朱小松作品，載於《故宮雕刻珍萃》，北京，2004年，圖版9；也可比較一件霍寶材先生庋藏十八世紀圓雕和合二仙之一，載於葉義及譚志成，《中國竹刻藝術》，香港，1982年，下冊，圖版97。