Lantern with Eight Daoist Immortals

1662-1722 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))

18.5 cm 33.1 cm 18.5 cm

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In China, the Eight Immortals are among the most popular figures in Daoism, a school of thought that grounds human behavior in cycles of nature. Here, each immortal exercises their unique powers to cross the sea.

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William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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