山神与老虎和随从 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	山神与老虎和随从
品名（英）	Mountain God with Tiger and Attendants
入馆年号	2015年，2015.253
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1874
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	Painting: 35 1/2 × 23 1/2 英寸 (90.2 × 59.7 厘米) Frame: 52 3/4 英寸 × 31 1/4 英寸 × 1 英寸 (134 × 79.4 × 2.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅画描绘了一位山神，他伪装成一位看起来很仁慈的老人，身穿红色长袍，绿色腰带上点缀着金色的图案，手里拿着一根坐在老虎身上的木棒。这种野兽，尽管有着瞪大的眼睛和裸露的牙齿，但看起来更滑稽，而不是凶猛，这是19世纪韩国绘画中老虎的典型特征。三名年轻的男性侍从站在山神的两侧：他们的小身材既反映了他们的年轻，也反映了他们相对于山神的地位较低。雕像后面立着一棵象征长寿的桃树在韩国本土宗教中，老虎被尊为山神。在佛教中，《华严经》将山神列为（佛教）法律的39个保护者之一。朝鲜后期的山神绘画代表了本土传统和佛教影响的融合。通常，在这幅作品中，老虎既被描绘成拟人化的形式，也被描绘成一种动物。这幅画上有两个浮雕：左边的垂直浮雕将主题确定为《嘉兰经》中提到的佛教山神，底部中心的水平浮雕提供了1874年的周期日期和一些关于捐赠者的最少量信息。
介绍（英）	This painting features a mountain god in the guise of a benevolent-looking old man—wearing a red robe and a green sash embellished with gold-painted designs and holding a wooden staff—seated on a tiger. The beast, despite its huge glaring eyes and bared teeth, looks more comical than ferocious, as is typical of tigers in nineteenth-century Korean painting. Three young male attendants flank the deity: their small size reflects both their youth and their lesser stature relative to the mountain god. Behind the figures stands a peach tree, symbol of longevity. In the Korean native religion, the tiger was worshipped as a deity of the mountains. In Buddhism the Flower Garland (Avatamsaka) Sutra lists the mountain deity as one of 39 Protectors of the (Buddhist) Law. Late Joseon-period paintings of the mountain god represent a confluence of the native tradition and Buddhist influence. Typically, as in this work, the tiger is depicted both in its anthropomorphic form and as an animal. There are two cartouches on this painting: the vertical one at left identifies the subject matter as the Buddhist mountain god mentioned in the Flower Garland Sutra, and the horizontal one at bottom center provides the cyclical date corresponding to 1874 and some minimal information on the donors.