Period:Qing dynasty Production date:18thC-19thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 79 millimetres Width: 79 millimetres Depth: 42 millimetres
Description:
Dehua porcelain figure of a monk seated on a sleeping elephant. The figure has a white body and cream white glaze. The base and the face of the monk are unglazed.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-PDF-A.470-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00385936_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-PDF-A.470-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00385942_001.jpg)
Comments:Room 95 label text:PDF A470Figure of a monk on a sleeping elephantPotters made figures of gods and goddesses for domestic altars as well as to export at the Dehua kilns. Originally the figures were probably made as cheap alternatives to ivory carvings of deities also made in Fujian. This figure shows a monk seated on a sleeping elephant.Porcelain moulded and carved with transparent glazeDehua ware 德化窯Dehua, Fujian province 德化, 福建省Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1900 PDF A470僧人坐象塑像德化窯陶工製作的陶瓷神像不僅供國內供奉，也遠銷境外。在福建，陶瓷塑像的出現原本是為了替代象牙雕塑，因其成本更低。此塑像為一僧人坐在一頭沉睡的大象之上。瓷器，模製，雕刻，透明釉德化窯福建省德化
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 79 millimetres Width: 79 millimetres Depth: 42 millimetres
Description:
Dehua porcelain figure of a monk seated on a sleeping elephant. The figure has a white body and cream white glaze. The base and the face of the monk are unglazed.
IMG
Comments:Room 95 label text:PDF A470Figure of a monk on a sleeping elephantPotters made figures of gods and goddesses for domestic altars as well as to export at the Dehua kilns. Originally the figures were probably made as cheap alternatives to ivory carvings of deities also made in Fujian. This figure shows a monk seated on a sleeping elephant.Porcelain moulded and carved with transparent glazeDehua ware 德化窯Dehua, Fujian province 德化, 福建省Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1900 PDF A470僧人坐象塑像德化窯陶工製作的陶瓷神像不僅供國內供奉，也遠銷境外。在福建，陶瓷塑像的出現原本是為了替代象牙雕塑，因其成本更低。此塑像為一僧人坐在一頭沉睡的大象之上。瓷器，模製，雕刻，透明釉德化窯福建省德化
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