FIGURIN, blanc de chine. Qingdynastin, 1700-tal.

En av de daioistiska dignitärerna (Laozhi) sittandes på buffel med skiftrulle i handen. Höjd 20 cm.

Bufflens horn med nagg. Fingrar med nagg. Ett öra med lagning.

Proveniens

From the Collection of Åke Bjurhammar (1932-2017).

Övrig information

Laozi is said to have tired of life in the Zhou court as it grew increasingly morally corrupt. So he left and rode on a water buffalo to the western border of the Chinese empire. Although he was dressed as a farmer, the border official recognised him and asked him to write down his wisdom. According to this legend, what Laozi wrote became the sacred text called the Tao Te Ching.

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