Research on Early Chinese Lacquer Buddhas
Proceedings of the Sixth Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art
Edited by Donna Strahan Edited by Blythe McCarthy
Paperback (Published)
(May 2023)
ISBN: 9781909492943
8.27 x 11.69 inches
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The first holistic study of Buddhist lacquer sculptures, drawing on scientific, historical, and art historical research. Featuring contributions from diverse disciplines, it explores the techniques, context, and cultural significance of these rare works, dating back to the sixth-century Sui dynasty. Published alongside the Secrets of the Lacquer Buddha exhibition, it forms the sixth volume in the Forbes symposia series from Archetype Publications and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.
The practice of using lacquer to form Buddhist sculptures dates back several hundred years with the earliest known sculpture associated with the late sixth-century Sui dynasty (581-618 CE) shortly after Buddhism came to China. Very few of the often life-size or larger sculptures remain. For the first time in this volume, Buddhist lacquer sculptures and their place in Buddhist practice are discussed holistically by scholars from a range of disciplines. Research on scientific, art historical and historical aspects of the sculptures opens a window into the sculptural lacquer techniques used in their creation. These proceedings, and their companion symposium, coincided with the exhibition, Secrets of the Lacquer Buddha. This is the sixth in an ongoing series of publications of Forbes symposia proceedings. All six volumes are published by Archetype Publications in association with the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Foreword Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction Lacquer and Buddhist Sculpture in East Asia, Sixth-Eighth Centuries Denise Patry LEIDY Plates Exploring the Techniques of Early Chinese Lacquer Buddhas Donna STRAHAN Lacquer Analysis of Five Buddhist Sculptures Blythe MCCARTHY Highlights of Chinese Lacquer Research at the Getty Michael R. SCHILLING, Arlen HEGINBOTHAM, Julie CHANG, and Jessica CHASEN Chinese Texts on the Fabrication of Jiazhu Sculpture Julie CHANG Sculptures by Anige and Liu Yuan at the Yuan Court Anning JING Lacquered Bodies: Whole-Body Sarira as Relic and Image Justin R. RITZINGER Body Relics in Tibetan and Mongolian Traditions Chandra REEDY Lacquer Sculptures in Japan: The Latest Scientific Report about the Seated Senju Kannon Bosatsu of Fujiidera Mai SARAI Chinese Chronology, Warring States Period through the Republic of China,
Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction
Lacquer and Buddhist Sculpture in East Asia, Sixth–Eighth Centuries
Denise Patry LEIDY
Plates
Exploring the Techniques of Early Chinese Lacquer Buddhas
Donna STRAHAN
Lacquer Analysis of Five Buddhist Sculptures
Blythe MCCARTHY
Highlights of Chinese Lacquer Research at the Getty
Michael R. SCHILLING, Arlen HEGINBOTHAM, Julie CHANG, and Jessica CHASEN
Chinese Texts on the Fabrication of Jiazhu Sculpture
Julie CHANG
Sculptures by Anige and Liu Yuan at the Yuan Court
Anning JING
Lacquered Bodies: Whole-Body Śarīra as Relic and Image
Justin R. RITZINGER
Body Relics in Tibetan and Mongolian Traditions
Chandra REEDY
Lacquer Sculptures in Japan: The Latest Scientific Report about the Seated Senju Kannon Bosatsu of Fujiidera
Mai SARAI
Chinese Chronology, Warring States Period through the Republic of China
- Edited by Donna Strahan
- Edited by Blythe McCarthy
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