Figure of Daoist Immortal He Xiangu
1700s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Figure of Daoist Immortal He Xiangu, 1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Boxwood; overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1976.60.a The lingzhi she holds is a woody mushroom often used in traditional Chinese medicine and associated with immortality.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Wood
- Formatted Medium
- Boxwood
- Medium
- boxwood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1976.60.a
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review, 1976, Scholar's Studio, China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail, <em>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988)., <em>Main Asian Gallery Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 30, 1999-April 7, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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