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mid-17th century · Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-17th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China (for Japanese market)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Seymour Fund, 2011