Monks in glaze : : patronage, kiln origin, and iconography of the Yixian Luohans /

Monks in glaze : : patronage, kiln origin, and iconography of the Yixian Luohans / / by Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu.

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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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Hsu, Eileen Hsiang-ling.
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.

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