Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 163 millimetres
Description:
Dehua ware porcelain figure of a bent, old, emaciated bearded man. He stands among clouds, barefoot on a millet stalk. In front of him are three mountain peaks and three rows of ocean waves. He holds a shoe in his right hand. The figure has a white body.
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Comments:Room 95 label text:PDF 489Figure of Bodhidharma on wavesPotters 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. Bodhidharma is the legendary founder of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China. Soon after his death in the 5th century, Bodhidharma was seen walking back towards his native India. He was barefoot and with a single shoe in his hand. It is this journey of Bodhidharma that is depicted here The mark 炎記 (Yan ji ) is stamped on the back this may mean ‘recorded by Yan’. Porcelain moulded and carved with transparent glazeDehua ware 德化窯Dehua, Fujian province 德化, 福建省Qing dynasty, about AD 1800–1900 PDF 489白釉達摩渡海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。傳說中達摩是中國佛教禪宗的創始人，西元5世紀，在其死後不久，就有人見到達摩徒步走回他的出生地印度。當時達摩赤腳，手持一隻鞋。此尊塑像描繪的正是達摩只履西歸的形象。塑像背後戳印有“炎記”，炎可能是制作者名號。瓷器，模塑，雕刻，透明釉德化窯福建省德化清代，約1800-1900年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 163 millimetres
Description:
Dehua ware porcelain figure of a bent, old, emaciated bearded man. He stands among clouds, barefoot on a millet stalk. In front of him are three mountain peaks and three rows of ocean waves. He holds a shoe in his right hand. The figure has a white body.
IMG
Comments:Room 95 label text:PDF 489Figure of Bodhidharma on wavesPotters 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. Bodhidharma is the legendary founder of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China. Soon after his death in the 5th century, Bodhidharma was seen walking back towards his native India. He was barefoot and with a single shoe in his hand. It is this journey of Bodhidharma that is depicted here The mark 炎記 (Yan ji ) is stamped on the back this may mean ‘recorded by Yan’. Porcelain moulded and carved with transparent glazeDehua ware 德化窯Dehua, Fujian province 德化, 福建省Qing dynasty, about AD 1800–1900 PDF 489白釉達摩渡海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。傳說中達摩是中國佛教禪宗的創始人，西元5世紀，在其死後不久，就有人見到達摩徒步走回他的出生地印度。當時達摩赤腳，手持一隻鞋。此尊塑像描繪的正是達摩只履西歸的形象。塑像背後戳印有“炎記”，炎可能是制作者名號。瓷器，模塑，雕刻，透明釉德化窯福建省德化清代，約1800-1900年
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