梦幻泡影—牙雕根付骷髅蛙

描述

日文蛙与平安谐音（kaeru），通常蛙是代表美好的吉祥物。此件奇思妙想，构思别出机杼。在不到2cm的空间上，将吉祥物代表的蛙巧妙置于象征死亡的骷髅之上，寓意诸行无常，盛者必衰。金刚经云：“一切有为法，皆如梦幻泡影，如露亦如电，应作如是观”。意义相同。人生百年，转瞬即逝。功名利禄，有如过眼云烟，如梦如幻，不朽惟骨灰盒而已。

参考：七裸女骷髅（In Voluptas Mors）：七个裸女组成一个骷髅头，艺术家萨尔瓦多·达利(Salvador Dalí) 创意，摄影师菲利普·哈尔斯曼(Philippe Halsman)拍摄，1951年发表。

ivory netsuke of a Frog squatting on a skeleton

Unsigned

Kyoto school

After 1920s

1.9cm in diameter

Weight 9.7g

Small and exquisite, with profound meaning.

The Japanese word frog and Safety are homophonic (kaeru), and usually frogs are mascots that represent beauty. In this whimsical idea, the frog represented by the mascot is placed on the skull that symbolizes death, implying that all things are impermanent, and the prosperous must decline. The Diamond Sutra says: “All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such.” have the same meaning. A hundred years of life is fleeting. Fame and wealth are like fleeting clouds, dreams and illusions, and immortality is nothing but an urn.

Reference materials：In Voluptas Mors by Salvador Dalí,1951

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