Vase with Buddhist figures
By the seventeenth century, traditional Buddhist themes were common both in literati paintings and in the decorative arts. The holy men depicted here are arhats (luohans), Buddha’s disciples. One tussles with a snarling tiger, another calls a roaring dragon, and the third has a cane and a straw hat. Probably copied from a woodblock print, these figures represent stock figures rather than specific individuals.
Artwork Details
- 清康熙 景德鎮窯青花釉裏紅羅漢圖瓶
- Title: Vase with Buddhist figures
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
- Date: late 17th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain with raised decoration, painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: H. 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1879
- Object Number: 79.2.489
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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1713–22
17th century
dated 1774
late 17th century
17th century
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