Fuchi with Chinese Immortal Tekkai

n.d. L: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) Citation Source image

The figure lying on his side is the Chinese immortal Tekkai (Ch. Teiguai [T'ieh Kwai]). He left his body for seven days to consult with Laozi [Lao-tzu] and when he returned could not reenter his old body. He had to take the body of an old beggar by the roadside who had recent...

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9163
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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