Monks in glaze : : patronage, kiln origin, and iconography of the Yixian Luohans / / by Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu.
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...
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Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, 2016. |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (283 pages) :; illustrations, photographs, tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary material
- Introduction
- The Epigraphic and Archaeological Record
- History of Liuli Glazed Ceramics
- The Efflorescence of Ming Sancai Sculpture
- Iconography: Early Development and the Guanxiu Tradition
- Iconography: Synthesis
- Conclusion
- Addendum: Friedrich Perzyński and the Hunt for the Gods of Yixian by Richard Smithies
- The Stele of 1741
- The Stele of 1667
- The Stele of 1519
- Size Chart
- Results of X-ray diffraction analysis of three glazed ceramic sherds from Shanzidong, Yixian by Kang Baoqiang and David M. Kamen
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Chinese Glossary
- Index.