A Blue Glazed Porcelain Maitreya Statue
藍釉彌勒佛造像
Lg.26cm Wd.21cm Ht.27cm
Maitreya statues, also known as big-bellied Maitreya Buddha and cloth bag monk, are a common type of Chinese Buddhist statues and are a symbol of mercy and blessing. "A big belly can tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world. Just open your mouth and laugh, laugh at the ridiculous people in the world." This is the big belly Maitreya Buddha. 
Buddha has a round face and big ears, kind eyebrows, kind eyes, wide-open smile, respectable and affectionate. Put the rosary in right hand on right knee and hold a cloth bag in left hand. Wearing a long-sleeved long gown with engraved flowers, the clothes are decorated with interlaced moire patterns, distributed with eight treasures and magical artifacts, and the pleats are vividly portrayed, natural, and smooth, and highly textured. With bare breasts and breasts, sitting barefoot with bent arms, the characters are naive and yet Buddhist. In addition, the figure is relatively large, the craftsmanship is exquisite, and the image is vivid and vivid.
彌勒佛造像又稱大肚彌勒佛、布袋和尚，是漢傳佛教造像常見的一種，為慈悲福分之象徵。「大肚能容，容天下難容之事 開口便笑，笑世間可笑之人。」此乃大肚彌勒佛。
佛圓臉大耳，慈眉善目，笑口大開，神態可敬可親。右手持念珠搭於右膝之上，左手握一布袋。著鏨花廣袖長衣，衣飾上雲紋花紋交錯，分布八寶法器紋飾，衣褶刻畫生動，自然流暢，極具質感。袒胸露乳，赤足曲肱而坐，人物憨態可掬而不失佛家風範。且此座像體型較大，製作工藝之精巧，形象刻划生動傳神。