Dehua: Statuette of Master Daoji
Porcelain
Dehua: Statuette of Master Daoji
CHINA, Fujian, Quanzhou
Master Daoji, more commonly known as Ji Gong, was a monk during the Song dynasty (960–1279). Due to his eccentric behavior, he acquired the nickname Crazy Ji.
In this Dehua work, Master Daoji is portrayed as a wild yet wise monk with a high forehead, bushy eyebrows, sunken eyes, a bulbous nose, and a wide grin. His upper body is bare with a robe around both shoulders. He wears slippers and a simple dhoti down to his knees as he leans on tree roots with his legs crossed and his hands behind his head. At his waist, there is a flask in the shape of a gourd.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 57.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dehua: Statuette of Master Daoji." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 57.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Dehua: Statuette of Master Daoji" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:57.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Dehua: Statuette of Master Daoji. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 57).
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