Dish with Buddhist Monk-Poet Hanshan

mid-17th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204

Revered in Chan (Zen) Buddhism, the monk-poet Hanshan (Kanzan) stands in a windswept landscape and holds a brush in his upraised right hand. The moralizing poem at the upper left, which stresses proper behavior, is found in ceramics but does not appear to have been preserved elsewhere.

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Title: Dish with Buddhist Monk-Poet Hanshan
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chongzhen period (1628–44)
Date: mid-17th century
Culture: China (for Japanese market)
Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 11 in. (28 cm); Diam. of foot 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Seymour Fund, 2011
Object Number: 2011.157
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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