Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1480-1620 (circa)
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded, carved, pierced, fahua,
Subjects:child lotus
Dimensions:Height: 19 centimetres Length: 57 centimetres
Description:
Wall tile with relief moulded decoration and ‘fahua’-palette glazes. This ‘fahua’-palette tile is moulded and carved in relief with a celestial boy flying in a contorted pose through scrolling foliage. He is naked except for a torque necklace with three pierced beads. He holds the stem of lotus foliage in his right hand and raises the other hand. The tiny curl in the centre of his forehead indicates his youth. The turquoise glaze is fugitive.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Designs of naked figures clutching the stems of flowering and fruiting plants are not an innovation of the Ming period. Such designs were introduced from Greece via India more than a thousand years previously. For example, a stone relief showing a figure amid vine scroll carved in Gandhara, second to third centuries AD, is in the British Museum. It is probable that the tile was made for a Buddhist temple, possibly in north China.
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded, carved, pierced, fahua,
Subjects:child lotus
Dimensions:Height: 19 centimetres Length: 57 centimetres
Description:
Wall tile with relief moulded decoration and ‘fahua’-palette glazes. This ‘fahua’-palette tile is moulded and carved in relief with a celestial boy flying in a contorted pose through scrolling foliage. He is naked except for a torque necklace with three pierced beads. He holds the stem of lotus foliage in his right hand and raises the other hand. The tiny curl in the centre of his forehead indicates his youth. The turquoise glaze is fugitive.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Designs of naked figures clutching the stems of flowering and fruiting plants are not an innovation of the Ming period. Such designs were introduced from Greece via India more than a thousand years previously. For example, a stone relief showing a figure amid vine scroll carved in Gandhara, second to third centuries AD, is in the British Museum. It is probable that the tile was made for a Buddhist temple, possibly in north China.
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