Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 155 millimetres Width: 193 millimetres Depth: 153 millimetres
Description:
Dehua ware porcelain figure of seated Budai Heshang, leaning against his hempen bag full of treasures. He is barefooted, has elongated ear lobes and has an ‘ushnisha’ (a fleshy lump on the top of his head, one of the 32 marks of Buddahood). The figure has a white body.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 497Figure of seated Budai HeshangPotters made this porcelain figure with in a mould which could be reused to make other figures. It is a representation of 布袋和尚 (Budai heshang ‘cloth sack monk’). He is generally depicted as here with a smiling face, elongated ear lobes and a fat protruding belly. He generally holds rosary beads and carries a cloth bag. He is also known as the laughing Buddha. He is in fact 彌勒佛 (Maitreya ‘the Buddha of the future’). On the back is a mark which has been read as海濟 Hai Ji.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 497白釉布袋和尚坐像此塑像為模制，模子可重複利用。塑像為布袋和尚，其形象為滿面笑容、雙耳垂肩、大腹便便。他一般手持念珠，身負布袋。人們多稱其為“笑面佛”，事實上他是彌勒佛（彌勒佛為未來佛）。此塑像背後有款識“海濟”。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: 155 millimetres Width: 193 millimetres Depth: 153 millimetres
Description:
Dehua ware porcelain figure of seated Budai Heshang, leaning against his hempen bag full of treasures. He is barefooted, has elongated ear lobes and has an ‘ushnisha’ (a fleshy lump on the top of his head, one of the 32 marks of Buddahood). The figure has a white body.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 497Figure of seated Budai HeshangPotters made this porcelain figure with in a mould which could be reused to make other figures. It is a representation of 布袋和尚 (Budai heshang ‘cloth sack monk’). He is generally depicted as here with a smiling face, elongated ear lobes and a fat protruding belly. He generally holds rosary beads and carries a cloth bag. He is also known as the laughing Buddha. He is in fact 彌勒佛 (Maitreya ‘the Buddha of the future’). On the back is a mark which has been read as海濟 Hai Ji.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 497白釉布袋和尚坐像此塑像為模制，模子可重複利用。塑像為布袋和尚，其形象為滿面笑容、雙耳垂肩、大腹便便。他一般手持念珠，身負布袋。人們多稱其為“笑面佛”，事實上他是彌勒佛（彌勒佛為未來佛）。此塑像背後有款識“海濟”。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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