Figurine

Museum number:
9-13465
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3803 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-13465, described as Figure, porcelain, one of seven (of original eight) immortals (Pa Hsien); Represents Li T'ieh-kuai (Li of the iron crutch) in clothes of a beggar, holding out pilgrim's gourd in left hand, crutch in right. 'woven' disk shaped hat with hole in center on back. Underglaze blue sash, sandls, hat string, eyes, crutch and gourd. Stands with left foot forward on flat topped cylindrical base with rough gouged vertical sides and blue spots. Traces of red lacquer or paint in garment folds. Left arm broken and mended with chips missing, discolored yellow. Many scratches and dirt spots on surface. H. 23cm, max W. 15.5 cm Porcelain, molded and modeled. Blue underglaze on white ground. The pilgrim's gourd of Li, usually represented with vapors escaping, is emblematic of his ability to set his spririt free from his body. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams, pp. 154-155 for legenc explaining beggar appearance. One of a set of seven (9-13464-70). UCDA 3801 missing.

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