Cup with Eight Daoist Immortals, late 18th–19th century
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5095 x 3822 px | 43.1 x 32.4 cm | 17 x 12.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
7 May 2017Photographer:
ArtokoloroMore information:
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
Cup with Eight Daoist Immortals, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th–19th century, China, Rhinoceros horn, H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. (rim) 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Horn, By the early thirteenth century a historical group of eight figures—six male, one female, and one hermaphrodite—had become symbolic of the attainment of immortality, one of the primary goals of Daoism