Monks in glaze

• Verfasst von: Hsu, Eileen Hsiang-Ling [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Monks in glaze
• Titelzusatz: patronage, kiln origin, and iconography of the Yixian Luohans
• Verf.angabe: by Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: [2017]
• Umfang: xiii, 269 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten
• Format: 26 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index
• Ang. zum Inhalt: The epigraphic and archaeological record
• Ang. zum Inhalt: History of the Liuli glazed ceramics
• Ang. zum Inhalt: The efflorescence of Ming Sancai sculpture
• Ang. zum Inhalt: Iconography: early development and the Guanxiu tradition
• Ang. zum Inhalt: Iconography: synthesis
• ISBN: 978-90-04-33584-4
• ISBN: 90-04-33584-6
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Hsu, Eileen Hsiang-Ling: Monks in glaze. - Leiden : Brill, 2017. - 1 Online-Ressource (283 pages)
• RVK-Notation: LO 89430
• K10plus-PPN: 863903711

Abstract

Monks in Glaze' is a complete reassessment of the famous group of large glazed ceramic sculptures known as the 'Yixian Luohans'. Drawing upon hitherto-unknown epigraphic documents, Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu proposes a new date (1511-1519) for the group's production and, for the first time, identifies the kiln centre near Beijing as its birthplace. Removed more than one hundred years ago from a massive grotto in northern China, the group's provenance disappeared after its dispersal between 1913 and 1933. Delving into the social and economic issues of religious patronage, imperial workshop practice, and nuanced style of post-Yuan Buddhist art, Hsu convincingly shows that such a large group of masterworks were products of well-developed commercial economy of the Ming dynasty