婦人俑
- 中国 漢時代
- 前2～後3世紀
- 木
この婦人像は幾重にも重ね着した上に裾と袖の長い衣を着け、両手を袖の中で腹の高さに組み、やや腰を低くし微妙にうつむいている。頭部の髪型あるいは被り物は上部が角型に張出し、左右に髪の房を垂らす。顔面は全体にふくよかで、両端がつりあがった眉と鼻筋の線がつながり、これを中心として小さめの口と切れ長の眼が刻まれている。これはおそらく貴族などの裕福な人物の墓に副葬されたもので、死後の世界で主人に仕える侍女を表したのであろう。全体に木造の柔らかさも手伝って、膨らんだ両頬とかわいい顎の間に見えるその小さく引き締まった口には、やさしい微笑みが感じられる。
Catalogue Entry
This female burial figurine (yong) is depicted wearing multilayered garments covered by an overcoat with a long skirt and long sleeves, with her hands joined together inside the sleeves at abdomen height, and standing in a slightly crouched and stooped pose. Her hair and headwear rise up in a square arrangement, and strands of hair hang down on both sides. Her face is plump, the lines of her upslanting eyebrows converge at the bridge of her nose, and around this are carved slit eyes and a small mouth. The statue may have been buried in the grave of an aristocrat or other affluent person as the image of a female attendant who would serve the deceased in the afterlife. Between the chubby cheeks and pretty chin, and enhanced by the soft look and feel of the wood overall, a gentle smile seems to play on her pursed mouth.