Rhinoceros horn carved cloth bag monk

[Rhinoceros horn carved cloth bag monk]

Rhinoceros horn carved cloth bag monk, 7.9 cm high, 10-15.3 cm bottom diameter
This image is carved from the small horn at the front of the forehead of the Asian rhinoceros. It is ancient chestnut, deep at the top and shallow at the bottom. The bottom recesses are filled with wood boards to protect the thin carved corners. The author carved with the shape of rhinoceros horn with the round carving technique. The monk is like a long-sleeved garment, with his chest bare and his belly exposed, his bare feet bent, his right hand holding a peach, his left hand supporting the ground, and his head leaning against the bag. In front of him, a child stretched his belt between his feet, while the other child was pulling the rope of the cloth bag. There are also two children on his shoulder. One holds his big ears and scratches them for him. The other hands scratch him and sits in his back collar to scratch him. The bag monk shrank his neck and shrugged his shoulders, opened his mouth and laughed, his eyes were laughing into a seam, his jaw was overlapping, his face was bulging, his belly was bulging, his feet were buckled inside, his action was funny, his expression was kind, and he was charmingly naive
It is said that the bag monk is the incarnation of Maitreya Buddha. People portray him as bare-headed, smiling, fat head, big ears, and potbellied, that is, the image of Maitreya Buddha that Chinese people like to see. This rhinoceros horn bag monk was carved with this folk theme. On the other hand, the five characteristics of the cloth bag monk, such as large head, large ears, large belly, large hands and feet, and large breasts, represent joy, longevity, happiness, fullness, and health
This rhinoceros horn carved cloth bag monk grasps the character’s laughing manner and tries to exaggerate it. The eyebrows, hands and feet, and clothing patterns are delicately portrayed, especially the dimples on the cloth bag monk’s cheeks, which can be called the best work to show the essence in simplicity and the ingenuity in clumsiness