A FUJIAN GUILD PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'LU DONG BIN' ONE OF EIGH...

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A FUJIAN GUILD PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'LU DONG BIN' ONE OF EIGHT IMMORTALS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, WITH 'CAIXING SHUN ZAO' MARK
吕洞宾瓷塑像 20世纪早期
Lü Dongbin is one of the most widely known of the group of deities known as the Eight Immortals. He also is a legendary Chinese scholar and poet who lived during the Tang dynasty whose lifetime supposedly spanned two hundred and twenty years. Elevated to the status of an immortal in the Chinese cultural sphere by Daoists.
39cm