Period:Ming dynasty Production date:17thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed
Dimensions:Diameter: 191 millimetres Height: 123 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain basin with rounded sides, slightly flaring mouth rim, and wide, straight foot. There is a scene in underglaze blue of Budai Heshang reclining under a tree on a terrace, with children approaching him with goods and instruments. There is a mark in the centre and an inscription incised on the base under the glaze.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 613Incense burner with a scene of Budai HeshangPotters painted this incense burner with 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’). Inside there is a character Liu (a surname) in the centre. On the base is a forty-four-character dedicatory inscription.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, about AD 1600–1644 PDF 613布袋和尚圖香爐陶工們在此香爐上繪布袋和尚，其慣常形象為滿面笑容、耳垂加長、大腹便便。他經常手持念珠，身負布袋。人們多稱其為“笑面佛”，事實上他是彌勒佛（Maitreya，即未來佛）。底心有“劉”（姓氏）字。器底有供奉文，計四十四字。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，約1600-1644年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed
Dimensions:Diameter: 191 millimetres Height: 123 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain basin with rounded sides, slightly flaring mouth rim, and wide, straight foot. There is a scene in underglaze blue of Budai Heshang reclining under a tree on a terrace, with children approaching him with goods and instruments. There is a mark in the centre and an inscription incised on the base under the glaze.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 613Incense burner with a scene of Budai HeshangPotters painted this incense burner with 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’). Inside there is a character Liu (a surname) in the centre. On the base is a forty-four-character dedicatory inscription.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, about AD 1600–1644 PDF 613布袋和尚圖香爐陶工們在此香爐上繪布袋和尚，其慣常形象為滿面笑容、耳垂加長、大腹便便。他經常手持念珠，身負布袋。人們多稱其為“笑面佛”，事實上他是彌勒佛（Maitreya，即未來佛）。底心有“劉”（姓氏）字。器底有供奉文，計四十四字。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，約1600-1644年
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