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Figure of Daoist Immortal He Xiangu (base)
He Xiangu is one of the Eight Immortals in the Daoist pantheon. She was thought have been a real person who lived in the Tang dynasty, originally named He Qiong. As a teenager, she was instructed in a dream to eat powdered mica to become immune from death and to vow to remain unmarried. She did so and became an enlightened practitioner of Daoism. <br><br>In this delicate carving, He Xiangu is placidly seated in a gnarled and knotty wooden raft amid green-tinted ivory waves. In front of her rests a bamboo basket filled with objects associated with Daoist immortality, while she holds a branch of lingzhi fungus.
- दिनांक 1700s
- अधिकार: CC0
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China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
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Colored ivory
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Colored ivory
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Wood
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Chinese Art
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