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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
PDF,B.590
Description
Moulded porcelain figure of smiling Putai Hoshang seated on the ground holding a pouch in his left hand and in his right a rosary. Covered with light turquoise glaze; unglazed base has turned reddish-brown.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Production date
19thC
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
89 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing 18th-19thC
Room 95 label text: PDF B590 Figure with turquoise glaze Potters made this porcelain figure with turquoise glaze in a mould which could be reused to make other figures. It is a representation of 布袋和尚 (Budai heshang ‘cloth sack monk’). He is generally depicted as here with a smiling face, elongated ear lobes and a fat protruding belly. He generally holds rosary beads and carries a cloth bag. He is also known as the laughing Buddha. He is in fact 彌勒佛 (Maitreya ‘the Buddha of the future’). Porcelain with turquoise glaze Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, about 1800–1900
PDF B590 孔雀藍釉瓷塑人物 陶工用模子模製這件施有孔雀藍釉的瓷塑人物,模子可以重復使用來作其他人物。人物形象為布袋和尚,一般為笑臉,長耳垂,大腹便便鼓起。布袋和尚一般持念珠,攜布袋。布袋和尚以笑面佛為人所知,其實是彌勒菩薩,“未來之佛”。 瓷器,孔雀藍釉 江西省景德鎮 清代,約1800–1900年
Bibliographic references
Medley 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.57, no.B590)
Scott 1989 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.58, no.B590)
Location
On display
(G95/dc38/sh2)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,B.590