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Author Hsu, Eileen Hsiang-ling, author.

Title Monks in glaze : patronage, kiln origin, and iconography of the Yixian Luohans / by Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The epigraphic and archaeological record -- History of the Liuli glazed ceramics -- The efflorescence of Ming Sancai sculpture -- Iconography: early development and the Guanxiu tradition -- Iconography: synthesis
Summary Monks in Glaze' is a complete reassessment of the famous group of large glazed ceramic sculptures known as the 'Yixian Luohans'. Drawing upon hitherto-unknown epigraphic documents, Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu proposes a new date (1511-1519) for the group's production and, for the first time, identifies the kiln centre near Beijing as its birthplace. Removed more than one hundred years ago from a massive grotto in northern China, the group's provenance disappeared after its dispersal between 1913 and 1933. Delving into the social and economic issues of religious patronage, imperial workshop practice, and nuanced style of post-Yuan Buddhist art, Hsu convincingly shows that such a large group of masterworks were products of well-developed commercial economy of the Ming dynasty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Yixian Luohans. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016040134
Yixian Luohans fast
Subject Arhats in art.
Buddhist sculpture -- China
Buddhist sculpture -- Expertising -- China
Ceramic sculpture, Chinese.
Ceramic sculpture, Chinese -- Expertising
ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
Arhats in art
Buddhist sculpture
Buddhist sculpture -- Expertising
Ceramic sculpture, Chinese
China
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016032819
ISBN 9789004335868
9004335862