Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1800-1916
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 319 millimetres
Description:
Dehua ware porcelain figure of a Buddha seated crossed-legged, with hands in the ‘dhyana mudra’ (meditation). The figure has short curly hair, elongated ear lobes, an ‘urna’ (proturberance on the forehead) and an ‘ushnisha’ (proturbance on the top of the head). The figure has a white body.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 488Figure of seated Buddha Potters 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. Porcelains from Dehua were exported to Europe as evidenced by excavations, shipwrecks, shipping lists and inventories of possessions. They were also made for the domestic market. Figures of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, are quite common but images of the Buddha are comparatively rare. Many of these bear the marks of individual potters or their families.Porcelain moulded and carved with transparent glazeDehua ware 德化窯Dehua, Fujian province 德化, 福建省Qing dynasty to Republican period about AD 1800–1916 PDF 488白釉佛坐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。考古發掘、沉船、貨運清單及財產清單皆可作為證據，證明德化窯陶瓷曾經銷往歐洲。當然，德化窯在國內市場也有銷售。觀音塑像相當流行，而佛像相對較少。許多塑像都印有工匠個人或家族的款識。瓷器，模塑，雕刻，透明釉德化窯福建省德化清代至民國，約1800-1916年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 319 millimetres
Description:
Dehua ware porcelain figure of a Buddha seated crossed-legged, with hands in the ‘dhyana mudra’ (meditation). The figure has short curly hair, elongated ear lobes, an ‘urna’ (proturberance on the forehead) and an ‘ushnisha’ (proturbance on the top of the head). The figure has a white body.
IMG
Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 488Figure of seated Buddha Potters 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. Porcelains from Dehua were exported to Europe as evidenced by excavations, shipwrecks, shipping lists and inventories of possessions. They were also made for the domestic market. Figures of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, are quite common but images of the Buddha are comparatively rare. Many of these bear the marks of individual potters or their families.Porcelain moulded and carved with transparent glazeDehua ware 德化窯Dehua, Fujian province 德化, 福建省Qing dynasty to Republican period about AD 1800–1916 PDF 488白釉佛坐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。考古發掘、沉船、貨運清單及財產清單皆可作為證據，證明德化窯陶瓷曾經銷往歐洲。當然，德化窯在國內市場也有銷售。觀音塑像相當流行，而佛像相對較少。許多塑像都印有工匠個人或家族的款識。瓷器，模塑，雕刻，透明釉德化窯福建省德化清代至民國，約1800-1916年
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