Figurine

C79

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C79
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made 18th Century - 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Metal | Clay | Realgar
Iconography Daoist Figure | Dongfang Shuo
Description

Daoist figure Dongfang Shuo holding a peach and bat with small attendant figure on right also holding peach. Made from realgar (arsenic monosulfide) a gem grade arsenic.

Height 40.32 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Spink & Son, 1914
Other Number Getz 132 - Other Number | A1502 - Old Museum Number

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