Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:cattle
Dimensions:Length: 20 centimetres Width: 20 centimetres
Description:
Square porcelain tile with underglaze blue decoration. Structured in a similar way to BM 1947.0712.194, this square tile has an unglazed stepped edge with cut-off corners. It has a raised double-ridge ring in which the philosopher Laozi is shown in underglaze blue riding a water buffalo with ‘ruyi’ cloud scrolls in each corner. The reverse is unglazed.
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![图片[1]-tile BM-Franks.814-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00222146_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-tile BM-Franks.814-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00186647_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Laozi (c.604-531 BC), the reputed founder of Daoism, is traditionally believed to have been born in Hu, near present-day Luyi, in Anhui province. According to legend, he was born with white hair, already aged eighty-one, hence his name which translates into English as ‘Old Son’. He is believed to have transmitted the five-thousand-word “Daodejing” [Classic of the Way and its Power] to a frontier official in the sixth century BC. He taught that men should not struggle to achieve but instead should do nothing, as all things will come out well in the end and are often better left alone. This Daoist sagacity was greatly admired in the late sixteenth century. A hanging scroll, with ink and light colour on paper, by the leading Zhe School master Zhang Lu (c.1490-c.1563) showing a similar image, of Laozi riding an ox, is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.However, Laozi was not favoured universally. Bai Juyi (772-846), the famous Tang dynasty poet and satirist, wrote a poem about Laozi which showed his disdain for this famous philosopher and his doctrine. It has been translated into English as ‘The Philosophers’ by Arthur Waley:>
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:cattle
Dimensions:Length: 20 centimetres Width: 20 centimetres
Description:
Square porcelain tile with underglaze blue decoration. Structured in a similar way to BM 1947.0712.194, this square tile has an unglazed stepped edge with cut-off corners. It has a raised double-ridge ring in which the philosopher Laozi is shown in underglaze blue riding a water buffalo with ‘ruyi’ cloud scrolls in each corner. The reverse is unglazed.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Laozi (c.604-531 BC), the reputed founder of Daoism, is traditionally believed to have been born in Hu, near present-day Luyi, in Anhui province. According to legend, he was born with white hair, already aged eighty-one, hence his name which translates into English as ‘Old Son’. He is believed to have transmitted the five-thousand-word “Daodejing” [Classic of the Way and its Power] to a frontier official in the sixth century BC. He taught that men should not struggle to achieve but instead should do nothing, as all things will come out well in the end and are often better left alone. This Daoist sagacity was greatly admired in the late sixteenth century. A hanging scroll, with ink and light colour on paper, by the leading Zhe School master Zhang Lu (c.1490-c.1563) showing a similar image, of Laozi riding an ox, is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.However, Laozi was not favoured universally. Bai Juyi (772-846), the famous Tang dynasty poet and satirist, wrote a poem about Laozi which showed his disdain for this famous philosopher and his doctrine. It has been translated into English as ‘The Philosophers’ by Arthur Waley:>
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