Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:celadon-glazed
Subjects:lotus throne monk/nun
Dimensions:Height: 21.30 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain figure of a standing monk with green glaze decoration. This figure shows a bare-headed monk with elongated ear lobes, standing on a lotus flower pedestal, holding his hands together in prayer. He is dressed in long flowing robes and shoes. The base is stamped with a studio or factory mark which reads: ‘Jiang Bo Xiang zao’ [Made by Jiang Boxiang].
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![图片[1]-figure BM-1937-0218.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00273942_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-1937-0218.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00280438_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such figures were probably cheap versions of similar figures cast from bronze. A larger figure of a monk in a similar pose made from bronze, dating to the seventeenth century, is in the British Museum (BM 1990.0529.1).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:celadon-glazed
Subjects:lotus throne monk/nun
Dimensions:Height: 21.30 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain figure of a standing monk with green glaze decoration. This figure shows a bare-headed monk with elongated ear lobes, standing on a lotus flower pedestal, holding his hands together in prayer. He is dressed in long flowing robes and shoes. The base is stamped with a studio or factory mark which reads: ‘Jiang Bo Xiang zao’ [Made by Jiang Boxiang].
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such figures were probably cheap versions of similar figures cast from bronze. A larger figure of a monk in a similar pose made from bronze, dating to the seventeenth century, is in the British Museum (BM 1990.0529.1).
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