Monks in glaze
type: CreativeWork
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  alternate name: Buddhist sculpture--China
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  alternate name: Ceramic sculpture, Chinese--Expertising
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Ceramic sculpture, Chinese
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Buddhist sculpture--Expertising--China
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  alternate name: Arhats in art
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126538
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126558
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126619
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126842
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127307
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127839
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320149397
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320153178
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330134301
abstract: 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.
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310138817
language: eng
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300195187
  text: 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.
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301268936

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