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Yixian glazed pottery luohans

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218: 190: 206: 230: 306: 317: 31: 42: 175: 477:), between Beijing and the findspot, which seems a plausible site for their manufacture, with fragments of figures with similar characteristics found Although Gillman was unconvinced by this suggestion in 2011, in 2013 he noted the promising correlation made by Nigel Wood and Chris Doherty between unusually high sodium oxide levels in Liao and Jin wares from Longquanwu and in the Hermitage and Boston figures, and therefore that the set could have been made at Longquanwu during the last active phase of the kiln. 348:. Now six figures are in museums in North America, with two surviving and one missing or destroyed in Europe, and one of the set in Japan. The Metropolitan acquired its two examples separately in 1921, by which time Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto and the Matsukata Collection in Japan already had theirs, and a further four were "owned by private collectors and dealers", so making a total of ten figures, "besides a great many small fragments, several hands and feet, and baskets full of broken pieces". 163:". The green hair of some of the figures is also a departure from naturalism. The alleged findspot in 1912 seems not to have been the original location of the group, which is unknown, and the set of 16 or 18 figures was probably made to be set on platforms along the walls of a "luohan hall" in a temple. The openwork rock-like bases were intended to suggest mountains; paintings of luohans often show them perched on small peaks, indicating the mountain retreats of the ascetic monk. 189: 217: 205: 250: 120:, Karuizawa, Japan. Including the example rediscovered in Saint Petersburg, this totals ten figures. There may be fragments from the same set in other collections. The circumstances of the find, and the subsequent events as the figures reached the art market, have been the subject of much scholarly investigation, without being entirely clarified. 229: 73:. They have been described as "one of the most important groups of ceramic sculpture in the world." They reached the international art market, and were bought for Western collections. At least eight statues were originally found, including one large fragment which was thought to have been destroyed in 288:
during the second half of the 12th century, arguing now that the set was created during the Shizong reign (1161–89) for the Daqingshou temple (simplified Chinese: 大庆寿寺; traditional Chinese: 大慶壽寺), a newly established, imperially commissioned Chan Buddhist temple in Beijing. An early 12th-century coin
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The dimensions of the figures vary somewhat; taking the younger of the two in New York as an example, they are: height of the figure alone 50 in. (127 cm); including the base the height is 92 in. (233.7 cm). The base is 41 in. (104.1 cm) wide and 38 in. (96.5 cm) deep. The whole
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which she connects to the figures. The earliest of these records the completion in 1519 of a number of figures commissioned by a Song Jun; these had taken eight years to make. Another stele dated 1667 records the repair of Buddhist figures; Hsu argues this is when at least some of the replacement
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The figures, variously described as life-size or "slightly over life-size", are among the largest made with the technique and are agreed to be outstanding examples from the technical as well as the artistic point of view. According to one scholar "it would tax the best-equipped modern pottery to
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This set is exceptional in its quality and the sculpted-from-life individuality of each figure, and it has been suggested that they were also portraits of notable contemporary monks. For Watson they are "outstanding examples of the naturalistic pseudo-portrait of the period, displaying to great
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tests of the statues in Philadelphia and New York (younger figure) produced a midpoint date of 1210, ± 100 and 200 years respectively, the midpoint being during the period of the following Jin dynasty. In 2011 Derek Gillman tentatively suggested the specific date of 1159, to match the recorded
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and others includes the examples from Berlin (as "present location unknown") and Japan (as "Matsukata Collection") but excludes the one now in Paris. By 2010 Gillman says what is presumably the same Japanese example was in the "Saizon Museum of Modern Art" (more usually "Sezon").
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build up and fire such massive objects without sinkage or warping or loss of pose", though he was probably unaware that because of their exceptional size the figures have iron rods inserted internally before firing to support the structure, a very unusual element.
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To a surprising degree, the number of surviving pieces differs between sources. Most older sources say there were eight, including the Berlin figure. Three of these, those in Boston, Japan and Ontario, are reported to have later heads. This may explain why
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Because of their high quality it is often believed that they may have been made at one of the imperial kilns, which were home to the most highly skilled craftsmen. Remains of a kiln have been excavated since 1983 at Longquanwu (not
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renovation of a large temple in the region, which he proposed as a candidate for their original location. In a 2013 lecture to the Oriental Ceramic Society, Gillman noted that the figures' pale coloured lips have an iron red
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The luohan at the Royal Ontario Museum, in the Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art, was one of the first pieces to be included in the museum's Chinese art collection. Although the piece dates back to the
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in Berlin is a head and bust length fragment, 60 cm high, of a younger man with his head turned to his left, and his shoulder bared. In his 2011 lecture Derek Gillman reported that
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was also found inside a robe fold of the Boston figure, together with eight others including five from the 8th century; coins often remained in circulation long after they were minted.
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about them in 1912, and subsequently showed him examples, some of which he bought and exported to Europe. They had apparently been found in one or more caves near Yixian,
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describes this "usual assumption" as "speculative". These and earlier smaller groupings of six or eight were each given names and personalities in Buddhist tradition.
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as sometimes said), with their bases made separately, and using a combination of moulded and freely formed "slab-constructed" sections. They use the difficult
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or fully enlightened beings, with a wide range of supernatural powers. According to Buddhist tradition, groups of 16, 18 or 500 luohans awaited the arrival of
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three-colour glazing process (here in fact often including four colours), which requires two firings. This was widely used for vessels and figures found in
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soon after, repeating his story in a book published a few years later, but the veracity of his account has been challenged in recent years.
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In 1913 two figures were exhibited in Paris (without their bases), and a third (with base) was acquired by the British Museum in 1914, see
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Gillman (2013–14): Gillman, Derek, "The Imperial Luohans of Zhongdu and the Reassertion of Chan (Zen) Buddhist Influence in North China,"
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pottery are preserved in Western museums", presumably excluding the example in Japan. The group of nine as listed by
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Chinese Buddhist Sculpture Under the Liao: Free Standing Works In Situ and Selected Examples from Public Collections
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Rhie and Thurman, 102–116; Wisdom, 112–114; Steinhardt, 7–8; Gillman (2010), 126; Watson, 123, quoted
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Several of the current museum web pages mention a group of eight, probably counting Berlin, plus the
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The Missing Buddhas :The mystery of the Chinese Buddhist statues that stunned the Western art world
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The Missing Buddhas: The mystery of the Chinese Buddhist statues that stunned the Western Art World
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during World War II, but was rediscovered in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, in 2001.
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perfection an idealization of the face", where "only the elongation of the ear-lobes follows
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Smithies, Richard (2001), "A Luohan from Yizhou in the University of Pennsylvania Museum",
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The figures were reportedly in the hands of Chinese dealers who told the German sinologist
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A significantly different dating is proposed by Hsu, based mainly on inscriptions on stone
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period (907–1125). They were apparently discovered in the early 20th century in caves at
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Lecture by Derek Gillman at the Penn Museum, on their example and the group. From YouTube
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Lecture by Derek Gillman at the Penn Museum, on their example and the group. From YouTube
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Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Steinhardt, 8; Gillman Lecture, 53:10, for some minutes; Wisdom, 116 (Technical note).
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Homage to Heaven, Homage to Earth: Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum
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Monks in Glaze: Patronage, Kiln Origin, and Iconography of the Yixian Luohans
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Abstracts of the 1998 AAS Annual Meeting, March 26–29, 1998, Washington, DC
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Sickman, p. 483, note 11 for p. 200; updated to include the Paris example (
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In their first years in the West the figures were usually assigned to the
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period and those of the dynasties in between. But a date in the regional
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Another at the Metropolitan from the same set, depicting an older monk
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Steinhardt, 7–8; Gillman (2010), 126; Gillman Lecture, 35:00 – 37:00
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fully available online as PDF, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Friends of the Far East: Newsletter for the Bishop White Committee
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Hobson, R.L. "A New Chinese Masterpiece in the British Museum."
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Gillman Lecture, long passage beginning 41:00; Gillman (2013-14)
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for Connoisseurs, Vol. 25, No. 134 (May, 1914), pp. 68–70, 73,
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Cheong, Phillip (Autumn 2007). "Reflections on the Luohan".
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in Chinese) now usually regarded as originating from the
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Bulletin and Hobson's titles; Hobson, 69–70; Watson, 123
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The statues are assembled from several pieces of glazed
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Far Eastern Department, Royal Ontario Museum (1992).
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Gillman Lecture, 23:40; others give shorter distances
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are a set of life-size glazed pottery sculptures of
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Index

Group of glazed pottery luohans from Yixian

Musee Guimet

arhats
Liao dynasty
Yi County, Hebei
Beijing
Berlin
British Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Royal Ontario Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Penn Museum
Philadelphia
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City
Musée Guimet
Sezon Museum of Modern Art
arhat
Buddha
bodhisattvas
Maitreya
Buddhist art
Sixteen
Eighteen Arhats
William Watson
iconography
British Museum, Seated Luohan from Yixian
Seated Luohan from Yixian

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