Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu (Ph.D., 1999, Columbia University) is an independent scholar. She has taught courses in Asian art history, curated exhibitions, lectured in English and Chinese, and her numerous publications focus on epigraphy, Buddhist art, and workshop practice.
摘要
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.
目次
INTRODUCTION 1 1 THE EPIGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD 8 2 HISTORY OF LIULI GLAZED CERAMICS 38 3 THE EFFLORESCENCE OF MING SANCAI SCULPTURE 70 EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND THE GUANXIU TRADITION 102 SYNTHESIS 132 CONCLUSION 184 Addendum 192 Stele of 1667 210 Stele of 1519 212 Size Chart 215 Results of Xray diffraction analysis of three glazed ceramic sherds from Shanzidong Yixian 216 Endnotes 220 Bibliography 247 Chinese Glossary 263 Index 266
