It visualized the elements of Buddhism from the multiple hells to leaving and returning to the palace and concluding at Mt. Meru. The serenity of the Buddha creates a calmness. The size is powerful and the setting is peaceful.
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Maureen Hetzel – Shakyamuni as an ascetic
The beauty of the carving captures the contemplative spirit. And the quality of the nephrite is so translucent
Philip Carl – God of Wind
I love this and the companion piece The God of Thunder. They are almost unnoticed high above the door, but they are so imaginative and active. What imagination conceived these remarkable fellows.
Kirk Festing – Dog
It’s just awesome!
Lora Graham – A seated woman symbolizing a musical mode (Vihag Ragaputra)
I love music, and I like this work so much!
Debbie Cheung – Birds, flowers, and landscapes
Very impressive artwork with so much details, love the bird and flower theme!
Linda Rineck – Ewer with lid
It was the love of green glazed celadons that bought me to the AAM. This one is one of the finest, one of our Masterpieces and it is almost one hundred years old!.
Diane Sasser – Ritual vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros
I’m so happy every time I see its lovely shape and patina. I just want to take it home.
John Levy – Bottle vase with calligraphic designs
Hamada’s ceramics are not only beautiful, they inspired many decades of ceramicists’ work both in Japan and in the UK (and the USA)
Ginger Thompson – Catching the Ox
It depicts the spirit of simplicity